to her hastamudra-) e.g. 'He should show his forehead to the woman who indicates her hair.' [7.9] PTesumably, this silent communication is made when a yopin encounters such 1ady that has hnmbojiktrs marks and characteristios. The first and the second kind of secret signs meiitioned above are common in their basic structures: Ybgins and y(iginis achieve their communication by means of their hastamudra-s and pTutimudra-s. However, while the first kind seems to hatre been popular among the

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... T!ivara practisers, the second one doos not. rlEhe description of the first kind appears aJso in the Ctik"usamvaratanim, the AbhitVidnottarottaratantra and the Sdmputatantra (See Supplementary Note (I) of this chapter) which are among the most important and the mpst according to Abhayakaragupta. 8) Different from the l'Zijrada-katantra (daTru-tree). < Keywords >Vajradaka, Cakrasarpvara,pitha, nadi,dati * Amna-yamanjari,169b7-170a3,See also [Wayman :1995].