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# The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t4: 3. Dīpatārā (West)

The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t4

- **Language:** English

### 3. Dīpatārā (West)

### [c19.s1.t4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhattacharyya-1924.c19.s1.t4.1)

"Paścime Dīpatārāñca dīpayaṣṭikarākulī | Pītavarṇāṃ mahābhūṣāṃ calatkanakakuṇḍalām" ||

### [c19.s1.t4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhattacharyya-1924.c19.s1.t4.2)

"On the west is Dīpatārā, who carries the torch in her hands, is of yellow complexion, profusely ornamented and has ear-rings swaying."

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