Tantric Vajrayogini Statue 9″ | Supreme Dakini, 24K Gold

This 9″ Tantric Vajrayogini statue is fully fire gilded in 24K gold with a hand-painted face, handcrafted in Patan, Nepal by master Newar artisans using the traditional lost wax sculpting method. The frame (flame mandorla) is removable, allowing the figure to be displayed alone or with the full assembly depending on the altar space available. The crown and jewelry can be embellished with turquoise and red coral stones at no extra charge before shipping at the buyer’s request. Have questions about Vajrayogini statues? Read our Dakini statues FAQ, covering Vajrayogini iconography, the difference between Vajrayogini and Vajravarahi, and choosing the right statue for your practice.

Vajrayogini does not transcend or reject desire — she transforms it. This distinction is central to understanding the Tantric approach she embodies. Ordinary desire is the energy of craving, moving outward from a self-centered position toward objects that promise satisfaction. Vajrayogini’s maharaga (great passion) is the same energy liberated from self-reference — moving entirely for the benefit of beings, without attachment to outcome, without the craving ego that poisons ordinary desire at its root. The khatvanga staff resting against her left arm expresses this in iconographic form: it represents her eternal union with her consort Chakrasamvara (Heruka) — a union that is not the union of two separate beings but the expression of the inseparability of wisdom and method, emptiness and great bliss, at the foundation of all Tantric realization. The three skulls impaled on the khatvanga’s tip represent liberation from the three worlds of desire, form, and formlessness.

Tantric Vajrayogini Statue Features

Vajrayogini holds the kartika (curved flaying knife) in her right hand and raises the kapala (skull cup, filled with blood symbolizing the transmutation of life-force into bliss-wisdom) in her left. She wears a garland of fifty skulls over her shoulders and a crown of five skulls on her diadem, representing the transformation of the five afflictive emotions into the five wisdoms. Her three eyes perceive past, present, and future simultaneously. She stands on a single lotus pedestal with her feet on the principal worldly goddess Kalarati and the principal worldly god Bhairava, and the flames of pristine awareness surround the entire figure. The wrathful emanation of Vajrayogini, identifiable by the sow’s head above her right ear, is Vajravarahi.