The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.27
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.27
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c25.27
Daṇḍa, the staff or the mace carried by Hayagrīva. It cannot be translated as the magic wand, as the Khaṭvāṅga serves that purpose. When the staff is surmounted by a Vajra, it is called Vajradaṇḍa.