The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c13.7
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c13.7
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c13.7
Out of the fifteen different forms of Avalokiteśvara mentioned above fourteen bear the figure of Amitābha on the crown, thus clearly revealing their origin. The fifteenth, Vajradharma by name, is said to bear the figures of the five Dhyāni Buddhas on his crown.