The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c20.s2.t3: 3. Vajrasphoṭā

The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c20.s2.t3

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3. Vajrasphoṭā

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Colour—Red Face—One Arms—Two Direction—West Symbol—Chain

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The third goddess in the series is Vajrasphoṭā as the presiding deity of the Western direction. Her form is given as under :

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“Paścime Vajrasphoṭā raktā vajrasphoṭāṅkasavyakarā” NSP, p. 38.

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“In the West, there is Vajrasphoṭā, red in colour, holding in her right hand the Chain marked with a Vajra”.

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The left hand as usual displays the raised index finger. There are statuettes of this deity in China ¹. One of the Chinese statuettes is illustrated in Fig. 194.

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¹ Clark : TLP, II, pp. 64, 163.

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Niṣpannayogāvalī — Abhayākaragupta, Sanskrit