"All-Powerful 10", "10 Marks Self-Mastery", or "The Mighty Ten Stacked Syllables" (Tibetan: sPungs-yig dbang-ldan) (Tibetan: Namchu wangden, Dus 'khor) (Mongolian: Duinkhor) (Chinese: Shilun jin'gang shixiang zizai), a multicolored 10-syllable symbol of Kalacakra: Kalachakra's 10-syllable (7 syllables & 3 symbols) mantra (Om Ham Ksha Ma La Va Ra Ya Sva Ha) also represent his entire mandala base & retinue of deities. The 7 syllables (in Indian Lantsa script) stand upon a lotus & discs of the four great planets: Moon (white), Sun (red), Rahu (blue-black), & Kalagni (golden), with a rainbow aura enclosing them. (Legs, from left to right, or syllables, from bottom to top:) The 1st (2) black/blue vertical 'leg'(s) of the (bottom) Ya syllable represents the mandala's wind/air base. The 2nd red Ra leg represents the fire base. The 3rd white Va leg represents the water base. The 4th yellow La leg represent the earth base. The 5th red Ma leg terminates in a 4-color syllable head, which represents Mt Meru (Kamaloka). The 6th green Ksha leg represents the lotus & form god realms (Rupaloka) above Mt Meru, as well as deities of Kalachakra's enlightened body, speech & mind mandalas. The 7th (top) blue Ham leg, which also crowns these 7 stacked syllables, represents both the formless god realms (Arupaloka) & the deities of Kalachakra's enlightened wisdom mandala. Of the 3 symbols, the crowning red/white crescent moon, white/red bindu/sun, & dissolving black flame represent the 3 component sounds of Om, and the 3 syllables Om Sva Ha (Om a hum), symbolizing both the 3 psychic channels and the body, speech, & mind deities of Kalachakra's mandala of great bliss. To the left of the stacked syllables is the blue syllable E and to the right, the golden syllable Vam, symbolizing the blue deity Kalachakra & his golden consort, Visvamata. (Robert Beer) (4-legged version by Jonang Taranatha is aka The Seven) (Douglas, Tibetan Tantric Charms & Amulets, #34)
