Yamāntaka is seen as a wrathful manifestation of Mañjuśrī , the buddha of wisdom, and in other contexts functions as a dharmapala . Yamāntaka
被看作是一種憤怒的表現， 文殊 ，在佛陀的智慧，和在其他場合充當達摩波羅 。
Yamāntaka is a Sanskrit name that can be broken down into two primary elements: Yama , the name of the god of death ; and antaka , or "terminator". Yamāntaka 是 梵文名稱，可分為兩個主要因素： 閻王 ，名稱的上帝的死亡 ;和 antaka ，或者“終結者” 。
Thus, Yamāntaka's name literally means "the terminator of death".因此， Yamāntaka的 名字意思是 “終結者的死亡” 。
Within Buddhism, "terminating death" is actually a quality of all buddhas as they have stopped the cycle of rebirth samsara .
在佛教， “終止死亡”實際上是一個質量的所有佛像 ，因為它們已經停止的循環再生輪迴 。
In this context, Yamantaka represents the goal of the Mahayana practitioner's journey to enlightenment , or the journey itself: in awakening, one adopts the practice of Yamāntaka – the practice of terminating death.在此背景下， Yamantaka 代表的目標大乘醫生的旅程啟示 ，或本身的旅程：在覺醒，一個採用的做法， Yamāntaka -的做法，終止死亡。
"Yamantaka" or "Shri Bhagavan Yamantaka" (Glorious Lord Making an End of Yama*) is another name for [Shri] Vajra[maha]bhairava, who is the highest emanation of Bodhisattva Manjushri. “
Bodhisattva Manjushri, Shri Vajrabhairava and Shri Bhagavan Yamantaka together represent the [Buddha]dharmakaya (Body of [Enlightened] Doctrine) which is also called Vajradhara (Holder of the Thunderbolt) because it holds to the pledge of the thunderbolt (vajrasamaya) which is the pledge to carry out the action of the Buddha.
* Yama is the name of the warden of hell. 閻王的名字是看守地獄。
One of the major reasons we wanted to stop in London was to visit the British Museum again.
We found this vivid Tibetan Tantric sculpture (early 19th c). Depicted is Yamantaka Vajrabhairava, a fierce Tantric deity for overcoming evil and death. He is a frightening manifestation of Manjusri – the Bodhisattva of knowledge. Yamantaka has become the tutelary deity of the Dalai Lamas and of the Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) school of Tibetan Buddhism. Yamantaka is shown embracing Vajravarahi his wisdom partner. Their union represents the spiritual passion for enlightenment.
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