Inner Asia: The Art of Nepal II: Newar Buddhist Art
Between the shrine of Vairocana and that of Locana is yet another almost
totally abstract shrine. It is that of Vairocana's Shakti, Vajradhatvisvari,
who would be seated with him at the pinnacle of the Mahacaitya. She manifests
both Prajnaparamita and the state of Sunya (Sunyata). Because she is so
abstract and manifests the realized state of voidness she is rarely shown
and is here seen as an empty niche ensconced in an elaborate throne back.
The hole has been draped with a white garment just as if a figure was present.
