The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c11.s10: 10. Mahāsthāmaprāpta
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c11.s10
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10. Mahāsthāmaprāpta
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Colour—White or Yellow Symbol—Six Lotuses or Sword
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The Bodhisattva Mahāsthāmaprāpta (one who has obtained great strength) is described twice in the Niṣpannayogāvalī. In the Mañjuvajra-Maṇḍala he is described as :
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Mahāsthāmaprāptaḥ sito vāmena ṣaṭ-vikasitapadmadhārī savyena varadaḥ. NSP. p. 50.
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“Mahāsthāmaprāpta is white in colour and holds in his left hand a bunch of six full-blown lotuses, while the right displays the Varada mudrā.”
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In the Dharmadhātuvāgīśvara Maṇḍala, he is once again described with the following words :
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Mahāsthāmaprāptaḥ pītaḥ savyena khaḍgaṃ vāmena padmaṃ dadhānaḥ. NSP. p. 58
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“Mahāsthāmaprāpta is yellow in colour. He holds the sword in the right hand, and the lotus in the left.”
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In the Chinese collection, Mahāsthāmaprapta occurs only once ². Fig. 58 is a Nepalese drawing of Mahāsthāmaprāpta.
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² Clark : TLP, II. p 160. For further information on the deity see Getty : GNB, p. 115.
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- Niṣpannayogāvalī — Abhayākaragupta, Sanskrit