The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c18.s10.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c18.s10.2
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c18.s10.2
Three Sādhanas in the Sādhanamālā are devoted to the worship of Vajraśṛnkhalā. Her colour is green, and as she emanates from Amoghasiddi she bears the image of that Dhyāni Buddha on the crown. "Śṛnkhala" means a chain, and as the goddess carries a chain marked with a Vajra, she is called Vajraśṛnkhalā. The chain, therefore, is her characteristic sign and should be paid particular attention to, in identifying her images, if ever, they come to light. She may be compared with Vajrasphoṭā another chain-bearing deity. One of the Dhyānas describes her form in the following manner :