The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c26.136
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c26.136
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Vajradhātu Lokeśvara, described 430 Vajradhātu Maṇḍala 99; on Boddhisattvas 99 Vajradhātvīśvarī 217, Buddhaśakti 74, embodiment of highest truth 74, colour 74, symbol 74, family 74, images 74 Vajradhātvīśvarī Mārīcī 214, forms 214, sādhana 214, described 214, symbols 214 Vajradhṛk 45 Vajra family, of Akṣobhya 48, 154 Vajragandhārī 151, direction 151, colour 151, described 151; another form 236, colour 236, dhyāna 236 described 236 symbols 236, dhāriṇī 236, images 236 Vajragarbha Bodhisattva 88, colour 88, symbol 88, dhyāna 88 described 88, images 88 Vajragarbha Lokeśvara, described 399 Vajraghaṇṭā 242, dhyāna 242, described 242, direction 242; another form 298, colour 298, direction 298, symbol 298, dhyāna 298, described 298, images 298 Vajraghoṇā 217 Vajrahūṅkāra 182, form (i) two-armed, 181, symbols 181, mudrā 181, vāhana 181, sādhana 181, dhyāna 181, images 182, rides on Bhairava 182;
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form (ii) six-armed 182, same as Trailokyavijaya 182, described 182, images 182, compared with Vajradhara 181 Vajrahūṅkāra Mudrā 181, 182n, 184 Vajrahuntika (?) Lokeśvara, described 398 Vajrajvālānalārka 183, 254, sādhana 183, dhyāna 183, described 184, vāhana 184 Vajrakarmapāramitā 328, colour 328, symbol 328, dhyāna 328, described 328, images 328 Vajrakhaṇḍa Lokeśvara, described 429 Vajrakula 254 Vajrakulī (Akṣobhya) 49 Vajrakuṇḍalī 253 Vajrāṃṛta 226, colour 226, dhyāna 226, described 226, images 226, yab-yum 226 Vajrānaṅga (Buddhist god of love), 114, colour 114, described 114, worship 114, dhyāna 114, images 115 Vajranātha Lokeśvara, described 431 Vajraṅkuśī 242, 320, dhyāna 242, described 242, direction 242; another form 297, colour 297, direction 297, symbol 297, dhyāna 297, described 297, images 297, in the Lokanātha Maṇḍala 131 Vajrapāṇi 43, family 53, sire 53, symbol 53, images 53; as Boddhisattva 98, colour 98, symbol 98, dhyāna 98, described 98, images 99; in the Lokanātha Maṇḍala 131, colour 131, symbols 131, described 131 Vajrapāṇi Lokeśvara, described 431 Vajrapañjara 90 Vajrapāśī 242, 320, dhyāna 242, described 242, direction 242;
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another form 297, colour 297, direction 297, symbol 297, dhyāna 297, described 297, images 297 Vajrapātāla 256, another name of Sumbha Vajrarāga family (same as Rāga) 45 Vajrarāga 102, form of Mañjuśrī 102, colour 102, mudrā 102, names of 102, dhyāna 103, described 103, images 103 and Nīlakaṇṭha compared 141 Vajrarati 46, queen of Amoghasiddhi 46 Vajraraudrī 163, colour 163, described 163 Vajrāsana 38, Buddha 77, later form of Gautama 77, dhyāna 77, described 77, images 78 Vajraśaradā 351, symbols 351, described 351, images 351, companions 351 Vajrasarasvatī 351, described 351, sādhana 352, colour 352, symbols 352, images 352 Vajrasattva 17, 38, 43, 48, Sixth Dhyāni Buddha 74 priest of the Five Dhyāni Buddhas 74, shrines of 75, forms of 75, dhyāna 75, described 75, images 75, worship in secret 75, single form 75, yab-yum form 75, Śakti 75 Vajrasattvadhātu Lokeśvara, described 429 Vajrasattvātmikā 75, Śakti of Vajrasattva 75, colour 76, symbol 76, form 76, described 76, images 76 Vajrasphoṭa 297f, 320, colour 297, direction 297, symbol 297, dhyāna 297, described 298, images 298 Vajrasphoṭī 242, dhyāna 242, described 242, direction 242 Vajraṣṇkhalā 235, colour 235, symbol 235, sādhana 235, dhyāna 235, described 235, symbol 235, sādhana 235, dhyāna 235, described 235, forms 235, images 235, consort of Heruka 217 Vajrasṛṣṭa Lokeśvara, described 430 Vajratārā 240, sire 240, dhyāna 240, described 240, popularity 240, images 240, Indian Museum image 240, Maṇḍala 241, companions 241, sādhana 241, mantra 242 images of 243, yellow 308, special features 308, maṇḍala 240, origin of ten goddesses 243 Vajravairocanī 218, dhyāna 247, described 247 Vajrāvalī nāma Maṇḍalopāyika 4 Vajravārāhī 160, Śakti of Sambara 161, 162, Śakti of Saptākṣara 162, colour 163, described 163, another form 218, companions 218, colour 218, symbol sādhana 218, dhyāna 218, described 218, mantra 208, special feature 217 connection with Heruka 217, compared with Mārīcī 208, 217, compared with Nairātmā 203, compared with Vajrayoginī 248 Vajravārāhī Tantra 4, 208 Vajravārṇanī 247, dhyāna 247, described 247 Vajravetālī 151, direction 151, colour 151, described 151, 214 Vajravidāraṇī 205, dhyāna 205, described 205, images 205 Vajravīṇā Sarasvatī 350, colour 350, symbol 350, images 350 Vajrayakṣa 254 Vajrayāna 2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 31, 34, Buddhism 38, Pantheon 38, Buddhists 2, origin of 12, and Yogācāra 10, Hindu gods in 344 Vajrayanists 14 Vajrayoginī 1, 16, 17, 149, consort of Heruka 217 forms of 247;
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form (i) headless 247, dhyāna 247, described 247 companions 247 ; form (ii) red 248, colour 248, vāhana symbols 248, described 248, compared with Nairātmā ann Vajravārāhī 248 ; form (iii) yellow 248, colour 248, symbol 248, described 248, consort of Heruka 248, images 249, temple 248 Vajrayoginī 137, name of a village in Vikrampura 137, identified as Uḍḍyāna 137