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The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t5.22

The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t5.22

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These goddesses originate from the ten different letters of the mantra of Vajratārā, which is "Oṁ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā", consisting of ten syllables. Each syllable brings forth a goddess, and these goddesses are said to be the embodiments of the ten Pāramitās of the Mahāyāna School.