The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c18.s2.3

The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c18.s2.3

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c18.s2.3

Tārā is the common name applied to a large number of feminine deities in the Buddhist pantheon. In the Sādhanamālā, Jāṅgulī, Parṇaśabarī, Mahācīnatārā, Ekajaṭā and many others are called Tārās, including Khadiravaṇī, who is endowed with two hands, showing the Varada mudrā in the right and the Utpala in the left. She can be recognized by the figures of the two attendant deities, Aśokakāntā Māricī and Ekajaṭā. One Sādhana in the Sādhanamālā contains a Dhyāna which describes her form thus:

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Sādhanamālā — Sanskrit