The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.1
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.1
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c19.s1.1
Several Buddhist goddesses emanate from the Dhyāni Buddha Ratnasambhava with the yellow colour and the Varada mudrā as his recognition symbol. He presides over the Ratnakula or the collection of deities with the jewel as their family symbol, and the yellow colour as their family colour. All deities which are not specifically mentioned as emanations of a particular Dhyāni Buddha can be assigned to the Dhyāni Buddha Ratnasambhava, provided that they have yellow colour. On this principle the undernoted deities are brought under Ratnasambhava, and described one after another.