The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c26.4

c26.4

Bimba (icon-circle), 26 Birbhum 38 Blue colour, significance of, 154 Bodhi 21 Bodhicaryyāvatāra 5 Bodhicitta, 25, 27, nature of, 393 Bodhi knowledge 11 Bodhi mind, 28, 29, 30, charged with Karuṇā 31 Bodhisattva, 11, 20, 27, 28, meaning of 82, class of deities 82, female counterparts 82, independent group 82, in Niṣpannayogāvalī 82, three sets of 16 deities 82, lists of, 82, with Dhyāni Buddha forms 99, companions of Lokanātha 130, group of eight 98 Bodhisattva, Padmapāṇi, 49 Bodhisattvayāna 8 Bodhnath, stūpa of 32 (also Bauddh) Borobudur temple 39 Brahmā 27, 250, as Māra 159, 195, colour 363, vāhana 363, dhyāna 363, described 363, images 363, parasol bearer 246, severed head of 162 Brahmavawarta Purāṇa 18 Brahmadaṇḍa Lokeśvara, described 397 Brahmānanda 190 Brahmas, Four, 21 Bṛhaspati, 368, colour 368, symbol 368, vāhana 368, dhyāna 368, described 368 Bronzes 5 Bronze of Vajratārā 240, in the form of a lotus 240 Buddha 20, as god 32, first image of 5, images of 31, 32 Buddha’s life, scenes from 5 Buddha Śākyasiṃha 48 Buddhas 20 Buddhahood 8, 29 Buddhaḍākinī 163, 218, Śakti of Mahāmāyā 164, described 164 Buddhakapāla, 159, colour 159, Śakti 159, sādhana 159, dhyāna 159, described 160, maṇḍala of, 160, images 160 BuddhabodhiprabhāVaśitā 332, colour 332, symbol 332, dhyāna 332, described 332 Buddhism, destruction of 39 Buddhist esoterism 10 Buddhist god of love 115