The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c10.s10: Mortal Bodhisattvas

The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c10.s10

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Mortal Bodhisattvas

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They were brought into existence by their respective Mortal Buddhas and their Śaktis. They are :—

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1. M a h ā m a t i
2. R a t n a d h a r a
3. Ā k ā ś a g a ñ j a
4. Ś a k a m a ṅ g a l a
5. K a n a k a r ā j a
6. D h a r m a d h a r a
7. Ā n a n d a ²

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² Oldfield : Sketches from Nipal, Vol. II. pp. 163 and 185 ff.

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The names of Yaśodharā and Ānanda are familiar names, the former being the name of Śākyasiṃha's wife and the latter that of his favourite disciple.

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The relation between the Mortal Buddhas, their Buddhaśaktis and the Bodhisattvas may be thus shown in a tabular form :—

Cites (2)

Sikhīsutta — Pāli
Kāśyapadharmasūtra — Kaśyapa, Sanskrit