Yamāntaka is a
Mahāyāna Buddhist (tib.
yidam) of the Highest Yoga Tantra class in
Vajrayana, popular within the
Geluk school of
Tibetan Buddhism. Yamāntaka is seen as a wrathful manifestation of
Mañjuśrī, the
buddha of wisdom, and in other contexts functions as a
dharmapala.Yamāntaka is a
Sanskrit name that can be broken down into two primary elements:
Yama, the name of the
god of death; and antaka, or "terminator". Thus, Yamāntaka's name literally means "the terminator of death".Within Buddhism, "terminating death" is actually a quality of all
buddhas as they have stopped the cycle of rebirth
samsara. In this context, Yamantaka represents the goal of the Mahayana practitioner's journey to
enlightenment, or the journey itself: in awakening, one adopts the practice of Yamāntaka – the practice of terminating death.
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[Other] The Tibetan divine protector of Buddhism. He is the eternal enemy of Yama, the god of death, and his name means "he who ends Yama", but he is also called Yamari ("Yama's enemy") and Vajrabhairava ("terrifying"). He rides or stands on a bull and tramples Yama. Yamatanka is depicted with sometimes as much as thirty-four arms, sixteen legs and nine heads, of which one is the head of a bull. He is one of the Dharmapalas and his color is blue. His Tibetan name is Tschoitschong.
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