The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c16.t7: (i) Sitaprajñāpāramitā
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c16.t7
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(i) Sitaprajñāpāramitā
c16.t7.1
Colour—White Asana—Vajraparyaṅka Symbols—Lotus and Book
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Only one Sādhana in the Sādhanamālā describes the form of white Prajñāpāramitā with the image of Akṣobhya on the crown. She is twoarmed, one-faced, sits in the Vajraparyaṅka attitude on a white lotus, and carries the red lotus in the right hand and the Prajñāpāramitā Book in the left. She is decked in all sorts of ornaments, has a beautiful face and pleasant expression, unlike other emanations of Akṣobhya. The Dhyāna runs as follows :
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Dvibhujāṃ ekavadanāṃ sitavarṇāṃ manoramām I
Ardhacarcarakeśāñca śvetāmbhoruhasaṃsthitām II
Padmaṃ dakṣiṇahaste tu raktavarṇaṃ vibhāvayet I
Prajñāpāramitāṃ vāme vajraparyaṅkasaṃsthitām II
Sarvalāṅkārasampūrṇāṃ bhāvayennābhimanḍale I
Aṅkarājñānasambhūtāṃ paramānandakāriṇīm II
Akṣobhyamudritā ceyaṃ
Śukla-Prajñāpāramitā-Sādhanam”.
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Sādhanamālā, pp. 310-311.
c16.t7.5
The worshipper should meditate on the navel the form of Sitaprajñāpāramitā, as two-armed, one-faced, white in colour, and beautiful in appearance, with half curly hair, as sitting on the white lotus, carrying in her right hand the red lotus, and the Prajñāpāramitā Book in her left. She sits in the Vajraparyaṅka attitude, and is decked in all sorts of ornaments. She originates from the knowledge of the letter ‘Aṃ’ and releases immense delight... This goddess is stamped with the image of Akṣobhya (on the crown).”
Cites (1)
- Sādhanamālā — Sanskrit