Herukas

' or Achala (, "The Immovable", ), also known as (, "Immovable Lord") or ' (, "Noble Immovable Lord"), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.

thumb|Yamantaka is the "destroyer of death" deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, above riding a water buffalo.|320x320pxYamāntaka or Vajrabhairava is the "destroyer of death" deity of Vajrayana Buddhism. Sometimes he is conceptualized as "conqueror of the lord of death". Of the several deities in the Buddhist pantheon named Yamāntaka, the most well known belongs to the Anuttarayoga class of tantra of deities popular within the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Heruka is also a name for the deity of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra.

right|thumb|300px|Hevajra and Nairātmyā, surrounded by a retinue of eight ḍākinīs. Marpa Lotsawa|Marpa transmission. Hevajra (Tibetan: ཀྱེའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་ kye'i rdo rje / kye rdo rje; Chinese: 喜金剛 Xǐ jīngāng / 呼金剛 Hū jīngāng;) is one of the main yidams (enlightened beings) in Tantric, or Vajrayana Buddhism. Hevajra's consort is Nairātmyā (Tibetan: བདག་མེད་མ་ bdag med ma).

Kundali (Sanskrit: ; IAST: ) or Amritakundalin (, ), also known in Chinese as Juntuli Mingwang () and in Japanese as Gundari Myōō (), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) in East Asian Esoteric Buddhism.

enlightened beings in Mahayana Buddhism

a Wisdom King of Vajrayana Buddhism, often considered a form of Avalokiteśvara

thumb|260px|Vajrakilaya (dark blue) with consort Diptachakra (light blue). Two demons lie crushed under his feet thumb|Painting on the wall of Gaden Tharpa Choorling Gompha, Monastery at Kalimpong, West Bengal, India In Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrakilaya (, also ; or Vajrakumara (; ) is a wrathful heruka yidam deity who embodies the enlightened activity of all the Buddhas. His practice is known for being the most powerful for removing obstacles and destroying the forces hostile to compassion. Vajrakilaya is one of the eight deities of Kagyé.