The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c10.s7.t2.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c10.s7.t2.2
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c10.s7.t2.2
The Sixth Dhyāni Buddha Vajrasattva and his consort Vajrasattvātmikā claim Ghaṇṭāpāṇi as their Bodhisattva. The recognition symbol of this Bodhisattva is the Ghaṇṭā or the Bell Like his spiritual sire he must be white in colour. Ghaṇṭāpāṇi is rarely represented, and his images are very rare in Buddhist countries.