The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c2.12

c2.12

Pandit Siddhiharsha Vajrācāryya of Nepal, my friend, philosopher and guide, helped me at every step. He supplied copies of rare manuscripts and original Nepalese drawings of rare deities whenever there was need for them. The drawings of the Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas were all procured by him from Nepalese artists. Out of this number, sixteen were copied from stone images in one of the famous Caityas of Patan in Nepal. I am deeply indebted to him, as also to his son Dharmaharsha and his grandson Purnaharsha Vajrācāryya for their intelligent, prompt, active and effective co-operation. I am also grateful to my old artist of Nepal, Virman Chitrakar who supplied all the Nepalese drawings illustrated in the first edition.