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Vajramrita and the related forms of Amrita Humkara, Amrita Krodha and Amrita Kundalin (Amritakundali) are described in the Abhidhana Tantra in the Chakrasmvara Literature.

They are rare iconographic forms and not commonly represented as a central figure in art.

They mostly appear as part of an iconographic compendium such as the Vajravali of Abhayakaragupta, Bari Gyatsa, Sadhana-samucchaya, or in the group of the Ten Wrathful Ones.

There are four forms of the complex deity that have the name '[[amrita]' in common.

They are all grouped together in the Vajravali literature and described with a retinue of deities and a complex mandala.

Several other forms of the deity, usually in a more simplified form, appear in other traditions. There are two deities similar in appearance that can cause confusion in identification: Humkara and Avalokita Samvara.


Vajramrita


The Essence of Flowing Nectar

    I am Vajramrita, the dance of the flowing nectar
    I am the curling tongue of the butterfly
    as he dips into the trembling flower
    I am the dance of lovers, who circle around their heart's bond

    I am the dance of Kundalini, as she sends glittering showers
    and warm honey upon the seeker
    I am the dance of life which has no name

    I bring forth growing roots, curling tendrils, weaving vines
    Dancing with me, they bring forth fruit and flowers
    I cause eerie winds, and the creaking dance of old trees
    Whose cracklings also show the inner movement

    I am the dance of sparkling stars falling through the universe
    Weaving crystal winds and rainbow waterfalls
    The dances of need and desire, fulfillment and satiation
    The graceful rubbing and sliding together of beings
    The separation and the seeking and the return

    Meditate upon me if your life is full of awkwardness
    If you fall when you leap and hiccup when you laugh
    If your mind rockets crazily from one thought to another,
    instead of flowing
    If you hear icebergs crashing instead of bells tinkling,
    dissonance instead of rhyme, crash instead of chime

    And I will come with graceful waves of form
    My gentle white horses will dance before you
    The birds which accompany the chariot will flutter gracefully
    The skies themselves will glide into endless waves
    Laughing gaily, doing the waltz and the cha-cha and the ballet

    While you stand, and are filled with the will to express
    The glorious wonders of existence
    Your heart will expand, and your arms open
    To embrace the universe

    Your eyes will close, and you will breathe deeply
    As you begin to move
    To the dance of the Great Existence.

Source

http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=524