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རྡོ་རྗེ་ལེགས་པ
vajrasadhu, epithet of a tutelary deity [JV]

Vajrasadhu [RY]

Vajrasādhu, a Dharma protector. Nalanda Translations: "Vajrasādhu was the god of gambling and war when he was subdued and samaya-bound by Padmasambhava to be a protector of the teachings. Often referred to as “samaya-bound Vajrasādhu,” he can be depicted in two ways. In the Kagyü tradition, he is black, holding a hammer in his right hand and a bellows in his left, the accoutrements of a blacksmith, riding a brown he-goat. In the Nyingma tradition, he is red, holding a vajra in his right hand and a heart in his left, riding a lion. In his painting of the thangka for The Sadhana of Mahamudra, Sherapalden Beru includes Vajrasādhu in the lower right corner—in this case, a combination of both traditions... Vajrasādhu is an emanation of Vajrapani, the Lord of Secret, protector of the Vajrayana teachings." [Erick Tsiknopoulos]