Dakini: Symbolism – Jewelry – One Hundred Flowers

Like Simhavaktra, every sculpture created for the practice of Vajrayana, or esoteric Buddhism, is packed with philosophical and religious symbolism.

Simhavaktra’s cape signifies the stripping away of surface appearances to reveal the emptiness behind form.

She wears five kinds of jewelry, each of which symbolizes a specific kind of knowledge that leads to enlightenment.

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