The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c15.t2.3
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c15.t2.3
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c15.t2.3
In the Sādhanamālā the worship of Heruka is said to confer Buddhahood on his worshippers, and he is said to destroy all the Māras (mischievous beings) of the world. A Dhyāna in verse in the Sādhanamālā describes his form in the following words :