The Development of Hindu Iconography c14.40

c14.40

¹ The text from which these poses as well as the mantras are taken is a late 18th century Vajrayāna manuscript collected by P. C. Bagchi from Nepal. In its colophon I read, ‘Iti śrimacchākyarāja-durgatipariśodhanamukyākhyāna heguri(?) samāpta 1 Samvat 915 pauṣaśukle ekādaśī bṛhaspativāra kunhu(?) 1 Suvarṇapanāri-mahānagare śantighaṭamahāsthāne hemakaramahāvihāraveṣṭita tam lācchito(?) rathyākāvāhārayā(?) śrivajrācārya nāmasaṃgīti nāthaja(?) tha(?) durgatipariśodhana-samādhi-thamanam(?) coyājura(?) śubhaḥ’ The language is corrupt Sanskrit and there seems to be some inter-mixture of Newarī in it. The date 915 Newar Samvat corresponds to c. 1795 A.D.