Yamantaka

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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