The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c16.t7.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c16.t7.2
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c16.t7.2
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 :