In the practice of the Guhyasamaja Tantra; the central deity of the Guhyasamaja is blue-black Akshobhyavajra; a form of Akshobhya; one of the five transcendent lords (pa馽atathagata).

Akshobhyavajra holds a vajra and bell (ghanta) in his first two hands; and other hands hold the symbols of the four other transcendent lords: wheel of Vairocana and lotus of Amitabha in his right hands; and gem of Ratnasambhava and sword of Amoghasiddhi in his left hands.

The ma??ala consists of thirty-two deities in all.