The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c26.121

c26.121

Padma (snake) 148 Padmaḍākinī 164, colour 164, direction 164, described 164 Padmakulī 49 Padmamuṇḍa 238 Padmanartteśvara 133, varieties 133f; form (i) eighteen-armed 133, sādhana 133, images 133, symbols 133, attitude 133, dhyāna 133, described 134, companions 134, form (ii) two-armed 134, colour 134, mudrā 134, symbol 134, vāhana 134, sādhana 134, dhyāna 134, described 134, Maṇḍala of 135, companions 135, images 135; form (iii) eight armed 135, sādhana 135, dhyāna 135, described 135 Padmāntaka 180, 253, colour 253, direction 253, dhyāna 253, described 253, images 253, Śakti 253 Padmāntakṛt (western gate) 46 Padmapāṇi 35, 51, 88, colour 51, symbol 51, family 51, described 51, images 51 Padmapāṇi Lokeśvara, described 431 Padmasambhava (Guru) 6 Padmavajra 12 Padmavāsinī 135, colour 135, symbol 135, described 135 Padmoṣṇīṣa 300, colour 300, symbol 300, direction 300, dhyāna 300, described 300, images 300 Pāla period 19 Pañcarakṣā 5 Pañcarakṣā group 216, 234, 302 Pañcaśikha 381, name of the Gandharva king, 381, dhyāna 381, described 381, symbol 381 Pāṇḍarā (Buddhaśakti) 124, family 50, Dhyāni Buddha 50, symbol 50, colour 50, dhyāna 50, described 50, images 50 Pāṇḍaravāsinī 50, Śakti 134 Pantheon 32, 41, Buddhist 385, numerical strength 385, artistic representation 385 popularity 385, in Buddhist countries 385, in other religions 385, world property 385 Paramāśva 185, 255, sādhana 185, dhyāna 185, vāhana 185, meaning of 185, described 186, images 186, horse-head 186 Paramātman 27 Pāramitānaya 9 Pāramitās, ten 243, twelve 324, common features 324, general description 323, qualities deified 323, their nature 323, their images 324 Parental Dhyāni Buddha 34, 47, 49 Pariṣkāra Vaśitā 329, colour 329, symbol 329, dhyāna 329, described 329, images 329 Parṇaśabarī 17, Dhāriṇī deity 220, images 39, colour 196, vāhana 196, power 196, dhyāna 196, described 196, image 197; another form 232, colour 232, vāhana 232, mantra 232, called Piśācī 232, dhyāna 233, described 233, images 233-4, as Dhāriṇī 339, colour 339, symbol 339, dhyāna 339, described 339, images 339; green 307, special features 307; yellow 309, special features 309 Pārvatī 1 Paṭadhāriṇī 317, colour 317, symbol 317, dhyāna 317, described 317, images 317 Patna 6, museum at 38 Pattan (also Pāṭan and Lalitapāṭan) 6 Paṭṭikerā, remains of Lalmai hill 223 Pauṣṭika rite 166 Peiping 3 Pestilences, in human form 233 Philosophical deities, 323, deification of abstract ideas 323 and philosophical concepts 323, their nature 323, their images 323 Philosophy 8 Phenomenal world, inherent purity of 21 Pigs, seven for Mārīcī 211 Piṇḍapātra Lokeśvara, described 428 Piśācī, epithet of Parṇaśabarī 196 Pīta-Prajñāpāramitā 198, colour 198, mudrā 198, symbol 198, described 198, images 198 Planets, nine 367, deified 367, their influence 367, their forms 367 Poison, blue pill of, 140, of Nīlakaṇṭha 140