The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c12.s12: 13. Vādirāṭ
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c12.s12
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13. Vādirāṭ
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Āsana—Ardhaparyaṅka Vāhana—Tiger Mudrā—Vyākhyāna
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This form of Mañjuśrī is rarely to be met with either in stone or in bronze. One Sādhana only is devoted to the worship of this divinity which shows that this form was not very popular amongst the Vajrayānists. Vādirāṭ is of medium height, neither very short nor very tall, and appears a youth of sixteen years. He sits on the back of a tiger in the Ardhaparyaṅka attitude with his left leg slightly raised. He wears all sorts of ornaments, and exhibits the Vyākhyāna mudrā. The Dhyāna which is in verse, describes the form of Vādirāt in the following terms :
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Svacchaṁ ṣoḍaśavatsarākṛtidharaṁ śārddūlapṛṣṭhasthitaṁ
Vyākhyāvyākulapāṇipadmayugalaṁ vāmārdhaparyaṅkinaṁ I
Dīrghaṁ nāpi na cāpi kharvamasamaṁ saundaryarāśyāśrayaṁ
Ratnasvarṇamaṇiprakāravividhālaṅkāramālākulāṁ II
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Śrīmad-Vādirāt-Sādhanam samāptam. Kṛtiriyam Paṇḍitaśrī Ciṅtāmaṇi-Dattasya ”. Sādhanamālā, p. 98.
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“The worshipper should think himself as (Vādirāt), who is handsome in appearance (lit. pure or transparent), and appears a youth of sixteen years. He sits on the back of a tiger. His lotus-like hands are eagerly engaged in displaying the Vyākhyāna mudrā. His left leg is slightly raised in the Ardhaparyaṅka attitude. He is neither tall, nor very short, is unparalled by any, is the receptacle of all beauties in the world, and is decked in various ornaments consisting of jewels, gold, gems and other valuables.
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Here ends the Sādhana for Vādirāt written by the author Śrī Ciṅtāmaṇi Datta.”
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Vādirāt is represented in the Chinese Collection ¹.
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¹ Clark : TLP, II, p. 262.
Cites (1)
- Sādhanamālā — Sanskrit