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The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t1.2

The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t1.2

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c19.s1.t1.2

According to a definite statement ¹ contained in the Vajratārā Maṇḍala of the Niṣpannayogāvalī, the Dhyāni Buddha Ratnasambhava is the spiritual sire of Vajratārā. She is four-faced and eight-armed and her description is as under :