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# The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t3: 2. Dhūpatārā (South)

The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t3

- **Language:** English

### 2. Dhūpatārā (South)

### [c19.s1.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhattacharyya-1924.c19.s1.t3.1)

"Dakṣiṇe Dhūpatārāṃ tu kṛṣṇavarṇāṃ surūpiṇīṃ | Dhūpaśākhākaravyagrāṃ sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitāṃ" ||

### [c19.s1.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhattacharyya-1924.c19.s1.t3.2)

"On the south is Dhūpatārā, who is of blue colour, attractive, carries the Dhūpa (incense) stick and is decked in all ornaments."

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