The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c12.7

c12.7

Many details about Mañjuśrī are to be found in the Svayambhū Purāṇa, dealing with the glories of the Svayambhūkṣettra in Nepal. The Ādibuddha manifested himself here in the shape of a flame of fire, and so it is called the Svayambhūkṣettra ( place of the Self-Born ). This place is consecrated with a temple of Ādibuddha, and close to it is the Mañjuśrī Hill now known as the Sarasvatīsthāna. The information about Mañjuśrī as gleaned from the Svayambhū Purāṇa is given below in brief.