The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c11.s8: 8. Vajragarbha
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c11.s8
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8. Vajragarbha
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Colour—Blue or Bluish White Symbol—Daśabhūmika Scripture
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The Bodhisattva Vajragarbha (matrix of Thunderbolt) is described twice in the Niṣpannayogāvalī. In the Dharmadhātuvāgīśvara Maṇḍala he is described as :
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Vajragarbho nīlotpaladalavarṇo dakṣiṇena vajraṃ vāmena daśabhūmikapustakadharaḥ.
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NSP, p. 58.
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“Vajragarbha is of the colour of the petal of a blue lotus and holds in the right hand the Vajra and in the left the book called the Daśabhūmika.”
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In the Durgatipariśodhana Maṇḍala Vajragarbha’s form is depicted thus :
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Vajragabho nīlasitaḥ savyena nīlotpaladharaḥ kaṭinyastavāmamuṣṭiḥ.
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NSP, p. 67.
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“Vajragarbha is of bluish white colour and holds the blue lotus in the right hand while the clenched left rests on the hip.”
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His images are rare, and he is not represented in the Chinese collection. Fig. 56 is a Nepalese drawing of Vajragarbha.
Linked texts (1)
- Niṣpannayogāvalī — Abhayākaragupta, Sanskrit