The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.47
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.47
- Language
- English
c25.47
Khaṭvāṅga, magic wand ; the stick is generally surmounted either by Vajra or the Kapāla, or the Triśūla or the banner, or all of them. In any case, for a Khaṭvāṅga the skulls are necessary and it will be so called even if nothing else is present.