Hevajara with Consort

Hevajra is one of the most important deities of Tibetan Buddhism. His most frequently represented form is blue and has four legs, eight faces, and sixteen arms. The top of his head is marked with a crossed-vajra (vishvavajra), and Buddha Akshobhya sits in front of his hair knot. The deity’s sixteen hands each hold a skullcup, with those in his right hands occupied by animals and those in his left hands by gods. His two main hands hold cups with an elephant and the god of earth and embrace his consort Nairatmya. This central couple alone can stand for the Hevajra’s entire mandala assembly.