The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c26.3

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Ārya-Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa, 100 Ārya-Māricī, 210, symbols 210, described 210 Āryatārā, 229, name of Vaśyatārā 229, sādhana 229, described 22, green 307, special features 307 Ārya-Sarasvatī, 351, symbol 351, described 351, images 351 Ārya-Vajravārāhī, 219, four-armed 219, described 219, symbol 219 Āsanas, significance of 389, 390, sentiments in 390 Asaṅga, 8, 12, 13, 41, 197, deified 35, initiated by Maitreya 80 Ascetic, 25 Asiatic Society's Library, 4 Aśokakāntā Māricī, 227, as a minor deity 227, as companion 228, described 209, 228, dhyāna 209, 228, images 209, 229, vāhana 209, colour 209 Aśoka bough, 209 Assam, 6 Aṣṭabhuja Kurukullā 245, 249, companions of 249, colour 150, mudrā 150, sādhana 150, dhyāna 150, described 151, images 151 Aṣṭabhuja Māricī, 211, colour 211, residence 211, described 211, attendants 211, images 212 Aṣṭamahābhaya Tārā, 308, white 308, special features 308 Aṣṭabhujapīta Māricī, 210 Aṣṭabhuja Vajratārā, 240, name of Vajratārā in Peiping 240, see Vajratārā Astrology, 8 Astronomy, 8 Aśvaghoṣa, deified 35 Atīśa Dīpaṅkara, 16 Avalokita Bodhisattva 143 Avalokita Lokeśvara, described 399 Avalokiteśvara 11, 14, 30, 34, 35, 38, 49, origin of 143, ruler of Bhadrakalpa 124, his sire Amitābha 125, character 124, special qualities 124, sādhanas 124, forms in the Sādhanamālā 124, (108) forms in Nepal 6n. 88, 124, 144, discovery of 108 forms 125, images 125. Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, 88f, colour 88, symbol 88, dhyāna 88, described 88, images 89 Āyurvaśitā, 329, colour 329, symbol 329, dhyāna 329, described 329, images 329 B Balabhadra, 378, pastoral deity 378, colour 378, symbol 378, vāhana 378, dhyāna 378, described 378 Balabhadra Group, 378, deities of the, 378, their nature 378 Balapāramitā, 327, colour 327, symbol 327, dhyāna 327, described 327, images 327 Banerji, R. D. 39 Bendall, 35n Bengal 5, 6, school of art 38, 39 Bewitching, rite of, 115 Bhadrakalpa, ruler of 49, 124 Bhadrapāla Bodhisattva, 96, colour 96, symbol 96, dhyāna 96, forms 96, described 97, images 97 Bhadrāsana 229 Bhairava, 161, 162, as vāhana 218 Bharhut, 5, 31 Bhatgaon, monasteries n, 41 Bhattasali (Dr. Nalini Kanta), 1, 16, 39, 130, 156, 223, 233 Bhīmā, 160, direction 160, form 160 Bhīmadarśanā 160, direction 160, form 160 Bhīṣmabhagini, 236 Bhoṭa 193 Bhṛkuṭī, 128, 129, 135, 147, 152, colour 129 135, 152, symbol 129, 135, 152, described 129, 135, 152 sādhana 152, Dhyāna 152, forms 152, images 153, yellow 309, special features 309 Bhṛṅgī, 365, colour 365, dhyāna 365, described 365 Bhūmis, ten, 28 Bhūmi deities, twelve 333, meaning 333, definition 333, description 333, images 333 Bhūriṇī, 135, colour 135, symbol 135, described 135 Bhūtaḍāmara 182, mudrā, 182, sādhana 182, dhyāna 182, described 182-3, sire 183, images 183, cult of 183 Bhūtaḍāmara Vajrapāṇi, 183 Bhuvanesvarī 117n Bihar 6