The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c13.s2.8
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c13.s2.8
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Images of Siṃhanāda are by no means rare and are rather easy to identify because of clear-cut symbols. Fig. 99 is the famous image of Siṃhanāda from Mahoba carrying a rosary¹. Fig. 100 is a Nepalese statue at the gate of a monastery. Fig. 101 illustrates a sculpture from Magadha, while Fig. 102 is a small bronze of Siṃhanāda without the lion, from Nepal. Siṃhanāda wears no ornaments and this feature of his images differentiates him from Mañjuśrī when he is on the back of a lion.