Outside the mandala at the four corners are four depictions of Vajrayogini (Tib. Naro Khacho), the dakini of wisdom. Her right hand brandishes a curved flaying knife topped by a vajra, and in the left she holds a skull-cup filled with the swirling brains and entails of the enemies of the Dharma. The curved knife was the instrument used to annihilate these enemies. Her left shoulder supports a staff known as the khatvanga, representing her consort Chakrasamvara. This indicates that he and Vajrayogini are inseparable, whether he is explicitly presented together with her or not.