The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c13.s10: 12. Sugatisandarśana
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c13.s10
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12. Sugatisandarśana
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Colour—White Arms—Six
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One short Sādhana in the Sādhanamālā describes this form of Avalokiteśvara. The Dhyāna for Sugatisandarśana describes his form in the following words :
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“Sugatisandarśana-Lokeśvara-Bhaṭṭārakaṃ śuklavarṇaṃ ṣaḍbhujaṃ varadābhayākṣamālādharaṃ dakṣiṇe, vāme padmakuṇḍitridanḍidharaṃ ca ratnābharaṇabhūṣitaṃ vratasūtradhāriṇaṃ jaṭāmukuṭaṃ padmopari candramaṇḍalasthitaṃ saumyarūpaṃ bhāvayet”. Sādhanamālā, p. 88
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The worshipper should think himself as Bhaṭṭāraka Sugatisandarśana Lokeśvara white in complexion, six-armed, showing the Varada and Abhaya poses and the rosary in the three right hands, and carrying the lotus, the water-pot and the staff with three horns in the three left hands. He is decked in ornaments and jewels, wears the sacred thread and a crown of matted hair. He stands on the moon over lotus and is peaceful in appearance”.
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Fig. 117 illustrates a Nepalese drawing of Sugatisandarśana Lokeśvara which agrees with the Sādhana in major details.
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- Sādhanamālā — Sanskrit