Cittapati Decorative Bone CarvingBeautiful bone carving featuring Cittapati a pair of dancing skeletons. Cittapati (Sanskrit: Cittapti) is a powerful symbolic figure in Tibetan Buddhism, particularly within the Vajrayana (Tantric) tradition. The name roughly means Lord of the Funeral Pyre or Mind Lord, and it is most famously represented as a pair of dancing skeletonsusually male and femalelocked in a joyful embrace or dance. Symbolism of Cittapati: Dancing in the Face of Death