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[[Image:TNyamantaka.jpg|frame|'''Yamantaka from the thangka of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]''']]
[[Image:TNyamantaka.jpg|frame|'''Yamantaka from the thangka of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]''']]
'''Yamantaka''' (Skt. Yamāntaka; [[Wyl.]] ''gshin rje gshed'') - literally 'The Destroyer of [[Yama]], the Lord of Death', is a wrathful form of [[Manjushri]]. He also appears as one of the eight deities of [[Kagyé]] (see image) and is one of the [[four male gate keepers]]
'''Yamantaka''' (Skt. Yamāntaka; Tib. [[གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད་]], [[Wyl.]] ''gshin rje gshed'') - literally 'The Destroyer of [[Yama]], the Lord of Death', is a wrathful form of [[Manjushri]]. He also appears as one of the eight deities of [[Kagyé]] (see image) and is one of the [[four male gate keepers]]




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Yamantaka from the thangka of Tendrel Nyesel

Yamantaka (Skt. Yamāntaka; Tib. གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད་, Wyl. gshin rje gshed) - literally 'The Destroyer of Yama, the Lord of Death', is a wrathful form of Manjushri. He also appears as one of the eight deities of Kagyé (see image) and is one of the four male gate keepers