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Vajravetali

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Vajravetali (Sanskrit, literally, "indestructible corpse") A symbol in Buddhist Tantra. Vajravetali is the consort, shakti, energy, power, of Yamantaka, a manifestation of Manjushri. The name of his consort, or prajna, is Vajravetali, or the female ghoul, and not Svabha-Prajna. His consort, Vajravetali, has one face and two hands, she holds a skull cup and chopper and wears a festooned beaded belt. They stand on a Nepalese-style double-lotus base


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