Vajrabhairava with His Consort Vajravetali 18th century Tibet Vajrabhairava has thirty-four arms and brandishes an array of weapons while his sixteen legs trample birds, dogs, and Hindu gods. He embraces his consort Vajravetali, an animated corpse in a yab-yum (Tibetan for father-mother”) sexual embrace. Such yab-yum images allude to the idea of dualistic totality encompassing compassion and skillful means embodied by the male and insight and wisdom associated with the female. They are surrounded by a flaming aureole that terminates in swirling clouds of smoke edged in gold. Vajrabhairava is a yidam, a deity that presides over the great tantras of the highest yoga. Like Yamantaka, he is a destroyer of death itself. Above sits the Buddha Akshobhya with twelve associated manifestations of Hayagriva (above and below), each in a different color. At lower right, a two-armed Mahakala stands on a corpse.. Vajrabhairava with His Consort Vajravetali 37834