The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c19.s1.t5.23

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The following are some of the instances in which the mantra of Vajratārā might be applied with success. Let a knot be tied at the end of a cloth over which the mantra has been recited seven times, and its wearer can go even to the most inaccessible regions of the Vindhya mountains without being molested. Tigers, thieves, crocodiles, lions, snakes, elephants, buffaloes, bears, bulls and the like will flee or even be destroyed, at the mere recital of the name of the goddess. If one hundred and eight lotuses are offered into the fire with this mantra, it will be enough to subdue any woman born of man. The feather of a crow over which this mantra has been recited thirty-two times, if kept concealed within the house of an enemy, will destroy it mysteriously in the course of a week. There is no need to multiply instances. It is enough to say that Vajratārā is sure to bring success to her worshipper in anything he may undertake, and that is the reason why she is so popular among the Vajrayānists.