The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c18.s6.3
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c18.s6.3
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Dhanada-Tārā is one of the four-armed varieties of Tārā. The special features of this goddess are that she rides an animal, and like Vajratārā, is surrounded by eight goddesses, originating from the eight syllables of the famous mantra “Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā”. The symbols that are held in her four hands are also different from all other varieties of four-armed Tārā. The Dhyāna describing her form runs as follow :