The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c26.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c26.2
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Abhayākara Gupta, 3, 4, 47, 82, 155 Abhidhānottara Tantra, 4 Abhimukhī Bhūmi, 335, colour 335, symbol 335, dhyāna 335, described 335, images 335 Acala 154, 155, colour 255, direction 255, dhyāna 255, described 255, Śakti 255, images 255 Acala Bhūmi, 336, colour 336, symbol 336, dhyāna 336, described 336, images 336 Acalaketu Lokeśvara, described 429 Acala Vajrapāṇi, 155 Acāta (?) Lokeśvara, described 397 Adamantine sow, 217 Adherence to the Path, 20 Adhikārin, equipments of, 24 Adhimukticaryā Bhūmi 333, colour 333, symbol 333, dhyāna 333, described 333, images 333 Adhimuktivaśitā, 331, colour 331, symbol 331, dhyāna 331, described 331, images 331 Ādibuddha, 42, 43, manifestation of, 101, cult of, 44 Ādibuddha, Dhyāni Buddhas as, 387, different cults with different, 387 Ādibuddha, temple over the flame of, 100f. Ādibuddha theory, time and place of introduction 387n Āditya, 367, colour 367, symbol 367, vāhana 367, dhyāna 367, described 367, images 367 Ādibuddhayāna, 187 Ādiyāna, 187 Advaya, 30 Advayavajra, 9, 48 Advayavajrasaṅgraha, 25 Agni, 362, colour 362, vāhana 362, direction 362, dhyāna 362, described 362 images 362 Ahaṅkāra, 27, 30 Ajanta, 5, 39 Ajaya, 160, direction 160, form 160 Akaniṣṭha heaven, 34 Ākarṣaṇa rite, 166 Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva, 85, colour 85, symbol 85, dhyāna 86, described 86, images 86, forms 86 Ākāśagarbha Lokeśvara, described 399 Akṣayajñānakaraṇḍā Dhāriṇī, 341, colour 341, symbol 341, dhyāna 341, described 341 Akṣayamati Bodhisattva, 84, colour 84, symbol 84, dhyāna 84 described 84, images 85 Akṣayamati Lokeśvara, 399 Akṣobhya Dhyāni Buddha, 51, colour 51, vāhana 51, mudrā 51, symbol 51, dhyāna 51, described 51, images 51, in stūpa 51, direction 51, family 51, forms 52, lord of the East 52 ; eight-armed form 52, dhyāna 52, described 52; origin of 45, as a Tathāgata, 34, 35, in the Hindu pantheon 191, on the crown of Hindu Tārā 191, gods emanating from 154f, goddesses emanating from 189f. Alakāpuri, Kubera's capital 379 Alchemy, 8 Amrāvatī, 5 Amitābha, 14, 34, 49, dhyāna 49, symbol 49, vāhana 49, mudrā 49 described 49, images 50, origin of, 45, sire of Avalokiteśvara 124, gods emanating from 145f, goddesses emanating from 147f. Amitābha Lokeśvara, described 429 Amitaprabha (also Amṛtaprabha), 90f, colour 90, symbol 90, dhyāna 91, described 91, images 91 Amitāyus, 35 Amitāyus Sūtra, 14, 15, 100. Amoghadarśī Bodhisattva, 97, colour 97, symbol 97, dhyāna 97, described 98, images 98 Amoghapāśa Lokeśvara, described 428 Amoghasiddhi Dhyāni Buddha, 22, 55f, colour 55, mudrā 55, vāhana 55, symbol 55, dhyāna 55-6, described 56, images 56, direction 56, place in stūpa 56, origin of, 45, emanations of 226 Amṛtalocanā, 249 Amṛtamukhī, 249 Amṛtānanda, 2, 3, 142, 205, 206 Amṛtaprabha Lokeśvara, described 398 Analārka, 254 Ānanda, 79, 191 Ānandādi Lokeśvara, described 395 Anaṅga, 187, Hindu god of love 115 Anaṅgavajra, 12, 35 Anantamukhī Dhāriṇī, 340, colour 340, symbol 340, dhyāna 340, described 340. Ananta, snake, 148 Animal-faced deities, 319, general description 319, deification of animals 319, special features 319 Animosity against Hindu gods, 389 Añjali mudrā, 129, 207, of Sudhanakumāra 129 Anupama Rakṣita, 20 Anusmṛti, 26 Aparājita, 183 Aparājitā, 151, 222, colour 151, described 151, direction 151, see also Sītātapatrā Aparājitā Aparājitā, 245f, colour 245, mudrā 245, dhyāna 246, described 246, images 39, 246, Nālandā fragment 246, Indian Museum image 246 Appearances, 28 Arapacana, 120f. name explained 120, colour 120, companions 120, symbols 120, described 120, images 120, origin of 121, images 39, 121, 121n Arciṣmati Bhūmi, 334, colour 334, symbol 334, dhyāna 334, doscribed 334, images 335 Artha Pratisamvit, 343, colour 343, symbol 343, dhyāna 343, described 343, images 343 Ārolik, 45 Aruṇa, 207 Ārya-Jāṅgulī, 228, as companion, 228, dhyāna 228, described 228, images 229