The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c16.t9.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c16.t9.2
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c16.t9.2
The remarks made in the case of Mahaśīṭavatī, an emanation of Amitābha and one of the Pañcarakṣā goddesses, apply to the case of Mahāmantrānusāriṇī also. This goddess is another of the Pañcarakṣā goddesses, and as her colour is blue, she affiliates herself to the family of the Dhyāni Buddha Akṣobhya Only one short Sādhana describes her form, and the Dhyāna contained therein is as follows :