The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c15.t16.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c15.t16.2
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c15.t16.2
Eight Sādhanas in the Sādhanamālā describe his different forms. He may have one face and two arms, or three faces and four arms, or three or six faces and six arms. One six-armed variety is described also in the Niṣpannayogāvalī. Kṛṣnayamāri is represented singly as well as in yab-yum. His different forms are dealt with one by one in the following sections.