The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c2.1

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The Mighty Gods and Goddesses of the Buddhist Pantheon wish to reveal themselves before the world once again through the pages of the Buddhist Iconography. Their Will is supreme. After overcoming difficulties, delays and obstacles, the Buddhist Iconography at last is presented to the scholarly world in a second edition after a lapse of full thirty-four years. It is pleasant to live these long years to see my favourite book pass through a second edition. This is an occasion when I should remember with gratitude two of my illustrious preceptors, Professor A. Foucher and my father Mm. Haraprasad Shastri both of whom are no longer in the land of the living. I believe in my heart of hearts that their invisible care and blessings are in a large measure responsible for this happy ending. It gives me immense satisfaction.