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Chakrasamvara Mandala. Tibet. 1400s.  

Sixty-two Deity Mandala from the tradition of the mahasiddha Luipa. Within the center of the two-dimensional circular diagram, representing the top view of a three-dimensional celestial palace and surroundings, is the tutelary deity Chakrasamvara, blue-black in colour, with four faces and twelve hands. In the first pair of hands are a vajra and bell crossed at the heart embracing the consort red Vajrayogini, surrounded by the flames of pristine awareness. Radiating outward are five circles of variously coloured retinue figures.