ORIGIN Buddhist [India]. The second dhyanibuddha or meditation buddha.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 500 BC to present.
SYNONYMS Vajrasana; Vajraheruka.
CENTER(S) OF CULT pan-Asiatic.
ART REFERENCES metal and stone sculptures, paintings.
LITERARY SOURCES Sadhanamala and Tantric ritual texts.
One of five mystic spiritual counterparts of a human buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism. A product of the ADIBUDDHA who represents the branch of the cosmos concerned with consciousness. He originates from the blue mantra HUM and lives in the eastern paradise Abhirati. His SAKTI is LOCANA and he is normally accompanied by two elephants.
Color: blue. Attributes include bell, three monkish robes and staff, also jewel, lotus, prayer wheel and sword. Aksobhya may also be a tutelary deity in Lamaism [Tibet] in which case his attributes are similar. Emanations include HERUKA, MANJUSRI, VAJRAPANI and a large number of minor names.
See also AMITABHA, AMOGHASIDDHI, RATNASAMBHAVA and VAIROCANA.
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