Painted 17th century
Tibetan 'Five Deity
Mandala', in the center is Rakta Yamari (the Red Enemy of Death) embracing his consort
Vajra Vetali, in the corners are the Red, Green White and Yellow Yamaris,
Rubin Museum of Art
A Yamari (གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད shin je she in Tibetan) is a
yidam or meditation deity of the
Anuttara Yoga Tantra method (father) classification. The Word यमारि yamāri in Sanskrit means Yama's Enemy[1] There are three types of Yamari:
Rakta Yamari (shin je she mar in Tibetan and ‘the Red Enemy of Death’ in English)
Yamantaka (གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད gshin rje gshed in Tibetan) sometimes referred to as
Vajrabhairava (རྡོ་རྗེ་འཇིགས་བྱེད། dor je jig je in Tibetan)
References
Chandra, Lokesh & Fredrick W. Bunce, The Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities: A Unique Pantheon, New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2002, 98.
Painted 17th century
Tibetan 'Five Deity
Mandala', in the center is Rakta Yamari (the Red Enemy of Death) embracing his consort
Vajra Vetali, in the corners are the Red, Green White and Yellow Yamaris,
Rubin Museum of Art
A Yamari (གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད shin je she in Tibetan) is a
yidam or meditation deity of the
Anuttara Yoga Tantra method (father) classification. The Word यमारि yamāri in Sanskrit means Yama's Enemy[1] There are three types of Yamari:
Rakta Yamari (shin je she mar in Tibetan and ‘the Red Enemy of Death’ in English)
Yamantaka (གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད gshin rje gshed in Tibetan) sometimes referred to as
Vajrabhairava (རྡོ་རྗེ་འཇིགས་བྱེད། dor je jig je in Tibetan)
References
Chandra, Lokesh & Fredrick W. Bunce, The Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities: A Unique Pantheon, New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2002, 98.