The Esoteric Dance of Hevajra Surrounded by Dakinis
Hevajra (ཀྱེའི་རྡོ་རྗེ) is one of the main yidams or Enlightened Beings in Tantric, or Vajrayana Buddhism. The Tibetan term ‘Dakini’ means “sky goer” and may have originated in the Sanskrit khecara, a term from the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. Dakinis are often represented as consorts in Yab-Yum representations. The masculine form of the word is ḍāka, which is usually translated into Tibetan as pawo “hero”.