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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Māyājālakramakrodha (मायाजालक्रमक्रोध) or Māyājālakramakrodhalokeśvara refers to number 15 of the 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].

Accordingly,—

“Māyājālakramakrodha presents a very fierce appearance with five faces terrible with protruding teeth, and eyes rolling in anger. His hair rises upwards like flames of fire. He stands in the Pratyālīḍha attitude and wears the tiger-skin. He has twelve arms, of which the six right carry the sword, the Vajra, the goad, the noose, the Triśūla and the arrow, and the six left hold the shield, the Cakra, the jewel, the deer-skin, the Kapāla and the Tarjanī with the noose”.

The names of the 108 deities [viz., Māyājālakramakrodha] possbily originate from a Tantra included in the Kagyur which is named “the 108 names of Avalokiteshvara”, however it is not yet certain that this is the source for the Nepali descriptions.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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