The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c12.s7.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c12.s7.2
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Two Sādhanas in the Sādhanamālā are devoted to the worship of Mañjuvara who is widely represented. He is yellow in colour, sits on the back of a lion, in the Lalita or the Ardhaparyaṅka attitude, and displays the sentiment of Śṛṅgāra (amour) lavishly. His two hands are joined against the chest in forming the Dharmacakra mudrā which is the eternal symbol of instruction on the secrets of Dharma. He holds the stalk of one or two lotuses on which appears the Prajñāpāramitā manuscript. The text of the Dhyāna in one of the Sādhanas is givea below :