The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c15.t4: (i) Two-Armed
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c15.t4
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(i) Two-Armed
c15.t4.1
Colour—Blue Face—One Arms—Two Prajñā—Nairātmā
c15.t4.2
When two-armed, Heruka gets the name of Trailokyākṣepa and his form is described in the following words :
c15.t4.3
“Trailokyākṣepaḥ kṛṣṇo Ardhaparyaṅkī ..ekamukho dvibhujo vajrāṅkitaraktapūrṇakapālabhṛd-vāmakarākroḍita...Nairātmā.. Vajroḍḍaṇḍasavyabhujaḥ.” NSP, p. 14
c15.t4.4
“Trailokyākṣepa (Heruka) is blue in colour and dances in the Ardhaparyaṅka attitude...He is one-faced and two-armed. With the left hand carrying the skull cup, full of blood and marked with a Vajra, he embraces his Prajñā Nairātmā...The right holding the Vajra is raised”.
c15.t4.5
The same form is again described in the Sādhanamālā which gives the additional information that the Śakti carries the Kartṛ in the right hand and the Kapāla in the left ¹.
c15.t4.6
¹ Sādhanamālā, p. 462.
Cites (2)
- Sādhanamālā — Sanskrit
- Niṣpannayogāvalī — Abhayākaragupta, Sanskrit