The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.93
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.93
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Tathāgatas, the Buddhas who have attained the highest state of perfection according to the Buddhists. In the Sādhanamālā, the word is invariably used in the plural number with reference to the five Dhyāni Buddhas, but does not even signify Vajrasattva or Vajradhara. The Buddhas are innumerable and have a hierarcy among them, the different orders being Pratyeka, Śrāvaka, Samyak-Sambuddha, Jina, Arhat, Tathāgata, and the like.