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Universe, Adorned: Ornament in Culture, Cosmos, and Consciousness

The Emerald

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The Tantric Vision of Vajra Varahi

The Tibetan Tonka's offer intricate radiant depictions of deity mandalas. Vajra Varahi, the fierce goddess of consciousness in the Tantric Buddhist vision is resplendent in her adornments of bone. She reveals her passionate and abandoned nature through her exultant nakedness,. Her hair which flies loose in defiance of sociosexual constraint.

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