Yamari

[[Image:Painted 17th century Tibetan 'Five Deity Mandala', in the center is Rakta Yamari (the Red Enemy of Death) embracing his consort Vajra Vetali, in the corners are the Red, Green White and Yellow Yamari.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Painted 17th century Tibetan 'Five Deity Mandala', in the center is Rakta Yamari (the Red Enemy of Death) embracing his consort Vajra Vetali, in the corners are the Red, Green White and Yellow Yamaris, Rubin Museum of Art]]

A '''Yamari''' (གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད ''shin je she'' in Tibetan) is a yidam or meditation deity of the Anuttara Yoga Tantra method (father) classification. The Word यमारि ''yamāri'' in Sanskrit means ''Yama's Enemy''<ref>MW Sanskrit Digital Dictionary v1.5 Beta</ref> There are three types of Yamari: * Krishna Yamari (''shin je she nag'' in Tibetan) * Rakta Yamari (''shin je she mar'' in Tibetan and ‘the Red Enemy of Death’ in English) *Yamantaka (གཤིན་རྗེ་གཤེད ''gshin rje gshed'' in Tibetan) sometimes referred to as Vajrabhairava (རྡོ་རྗེ་འཇིགས་བྱེད། ''dor je jig je'' in Tibetan)

==References== * Chandra, Lokesh & Fredrick W. Bunce, ''The Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities: A Unique Pantheon'', New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2002, 98. {{reflist}}

Category:Vajrayana deities Category:Buddhist tantras Category:Yidams