The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c10.s8.t2: Durgatipariśodhana
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c10.s8.t2
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Durgatipariśodhana
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Colour—Yellow Face—One Arms—Two Mudrā—Dharamacakra
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Śākyasiṃha, the embodiment of Mahāvairocaṇa, is the principal deity in the Durgatipariśodhana Maṇḍala of the Niṣpannayogāvalī. He has been described in a short sentence:
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“Cakrasya vedyām viśvasarojasthasiṃhopari śrī-Śākyasiṃho Bhagavān Mahāvairocaṇaḥ suvarṇavarṇo dhṛtadharmacakramudraḥ. NSP, p. 66.
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“On the centre of the wheel on a lion placed on a double lotus sits the god Srī Śākyasiṃha, the embodiment of Mahāvairocaṇa of golden yellow colour, dispalying in his two hands the Dharmacakra Mudrā”.
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Nepalese paintings of the deity are available, but sculptures are not recorded anywhere.
Cites (1)
- Niṣpannayogāvalī — Abhayākaragupta, Sanskrit