The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c11.s6: 6. Ratnapāṇi
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c11.s6
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6. Ratnapāṇi
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² For futher information see Getty : GNB. p. 53, 54.
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Colour—Green Symbol—Jewel or the Moon
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The Bodhisattva Ratnapāṇi (Jewel bearer) is described only once in the Dharmadhātuvāgīśvara Maṇḍala of the Niṣpannayogāvalī. Here he is described as:
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Ratanapāṇiḥ śyāmo dakṣiṇapāṇinā ratnam vāmenābjastha-candramaṇḍalaṃ bibhrāṇḥ. NSP, p. 58.
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“Ratnapāṇi is green in colour, holds the jewel in the right hand, and the disc of the moon on lotus in the left hand.”
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He is the Bodhisattva of the Dhyāni Buddha Ratnasambhava and as such, he is sometimes represented in Nepal and Tibet. His image is not found in the Chinese collection. Fig. 54 is a Nepalese drawing of the Bodhisttva.
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- Niṣpannayogāvalī — Abhayākaragupta, Sanskrit