The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c11.s22: 22. Sarvāpāyañjaha
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c11.s22
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22. Sarvāpāyañjaha
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Colour—White Symbol—Act of removing sin or goad.
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Bodhisattva Sarvāpāyañjaha (Remover of all miseries) is also known by his shorter name of Apāyañjaha and is described twice in the Niṣpannayogāvalī in two independent forms.
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In the Mañjuvajramaṇḍala this interesting Bodhisattva is described as:
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Sarvāpāyañjahaḥ śuklo hastadvayena pāpakṣepaṇābhinayī. NSP. p. 50.
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“Sarvāpāyañjaha is white in colour. With his two hands he displays the act of removing all sins.”
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In the Durgatipariśodhanamaṇḍala he is described as Apāyañjaha with the following words:
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“Apāyañjahaḥ śveto’ṅkuśabhṛtkaradvayaḥ. NSP. p. 66. “Apāyañjaha is of white colour. With both hands he carries the Aṅkuśa (goad).”
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He is represented twice in the Chinese collection. In one he is identical with his spiritual sire Akṣobhya with the Bhūsparśa mudrā and in another his right hand with open palm rests against the chest while the left shows the act of forbidding. Perhaps this attitude is identical with the act of removing sin². Fig. 70 is a Nepalese drawing of the deity. Fig. 71 illustrates his Chinese statuette.
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² Clark : TLP, II, pp. 143, 169.
Cites (1)
- Niṣpannayogāvalī — Abhayākaragupta, Sanskrit