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Hevajra (Buddhist deity)

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Personal name headingHevajra (Buddhist deity)
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Variant(s)Kye-rdo-rje (Buddhist deity)
Kevajra (Buddhist deity)
Field of activityTantric Buddhism
Found inSaroruhavajra's Hevajra-Lineage, 2020: title page (Hevajra)
Britannica (website), viewed on December 8, 2021 (Hevajra, Tibetan Kye-rdo-rje, Mongolian Kevajra, in northern Buddhism, a fierce protective deity, the yab-yum (in union with his female consort, Nairatmya) form of the fierce protective deity Heruka. Hevajra is a popular deity in Tibet, where he belongs to the yi-dam (tutelary, or guardian, deity) class; his worship is the subject of the Hevajra Tantra)
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