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# The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t2: 1. Puṣpatārā (East)

The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t2

- **Language:** English

### 1. Puṣpatārā (East)

### [c19.s1.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhattacharyya-1924.c19.s1.t2.1)

"Pūrveṇa Puṣpatārāṃ tu sitavarṇāṃ manoramām | Oṃkārākṣaraniṣpannāṃ puṣpadāmakarākulāṃ | Dvibhujāṃ ekavaktrāñca sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitāṃ" ||

### [c19.s1.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhattacharyya-1924.c19.s1.t2.2)

"On the east is Puṣpatārā, who is white and winsome, is born of the syllable 'Om', carries the garland of flowers, is two-armed, one-faced and decked in all ornaments."

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