The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c26.72

c26.72

Machhandar Vahal, Kathmandu 6, 124, 144 Madana (also Anaṅga), Hindu god of love 115 Madhukara 186, 379, colour 379, symbol 379, vāhana 379, dhyāna 379, described 379 Madhyamaka 8, 9 Magadha 5, school of art 35, 38 Magical practices 9, and Buddha 9, 10 Mahā-Abhayakarī Lokeśvara, described 400 Mahā-Abhayaphalada Lokeśvara, described 400 Mahābala 145, colour 145, sādhana 145, dhyāna 145, described 145, images 145 ; another form 255, colour 255, direction 255, dhyāna 255, described 255, Śakti 255, images 255 Mahācaṇḍaroṣaṇa 154 ; see Caṇḍaroṣaṇa Mahācandrabimba Lokeśvara, described 400 Mahācīna 189 Mahācīna Tantra 190 Mahācīna Tārā 1, 248, vāhana 189, sādhana 189, dhyāna 189, origin 189, described 190, compared with Hindu Tārā 190, images 191, blue 309, special features 309 Mahādeva 191 Mahākāla 255, 347, nature 347, function 347, forms 345 ; form (i) two-armed, 345, colour 345, symbols 345, dhyāna 345, described 345, images 345; form (ii) four-armed 346, colour 346, described 346 ; form (iii) six-armed 346, colour 346, symbols 346, described 346 ; form (iv) sixteen armed 346, colour 346, symbols 346, dhyāna 346, described 346, companions 347 ; Hindu god 344f, colour 366, symbol 366, dhyāna 366, described 366, images 366 Mahākālavajra, image 255n Mahāmañjubhūta Lokeśvara, described 428 Mahāmañjudatta Lokeśvara, described 400 Mahāmantrānusāriṇī 200, Rakṣā goddess, 200, colour 200, sire 200, dhyāna 200, described 200, images 200, another form in Maṇḍala 304, colour 304, symbol 304, dhyāna 304, described 304, images 304 Mahāmāyā 164, described 164, Maṇḍala of 164, dhyāna 164, colour 163, Prajñā 163, sādhana 163, dhyāna 163, described 163, images 165, as companion of Mahākāla 347, colour 347, weapons 347, direction 347, described 347 Mahāmāyūrī 234, Rakṣā goddess 234, colour 234, dhyāna 234, described 234, images 234 ; another form 305, colour 305, symbol 305, dhyāna 305, described 306, forms 306, images 306, as companion 228, 231, 232, dhyāna 228, 232, described 228, 232, images 229 Mahāpadma (snake) 148 Mahāpātāla Lokeśvara, described 400 Mahāpratisarā 243, Rakṣā goddess 243, forms of 243, colour 303, symbol 303, dhyāna 303, described 303, images 303 ; another form 244, dhyāna 244, described 244, images 39, 244 Mahāpratyaṅgirā (also Pratyaṅgirā), 200, sādhana 200, dhyāna 200, described 201, images 201 Mahārājalīlā Mañjuśrī 116, 117n Mahāratnakīrti Lokeśvara, described 399 Mahāratnakula Lokeśvara, described 400 Mahāsādhana 25 Mahāsahasrabhuja Lokeśvara, described 399 Mahāsahasrapramardani 217, Rakṣā goddess 217, sādhana 216, colour 216, dhyāna 216, described 217, images 217 ; another form 303, colour 303, symbol 303, dhyāna 303, described 303, images 303 Mahāsahasrasūryya Lokeśvara, described 400 Mahāsāṅghikas 13, 14, 143 Mahāśaṅkhanātha Lokeśvara, described 400 Mahāsarasvatī 349, colour 349, symbol 349, dhyāna 349, described 350, companions 350, images 350 Mahāsiddha, Kukkurīpāda 163 Mahāsiddhas 12, 19, 35, 41, 137 Mahāśītavatī 147, Rakṣā goddess 153, colour 153, sādhana 153, dhyāna 153, described 153, images 153, another form 305, colour 305, symbol 305, dhyāna 305, described 305, forms 305, images 305 Mahāśrī Tārā 39, 227, colour 227, mudrā 227, companions 227, sādhana 227, dhyāna 227, described 227, images 229, miniatures 229, images of companions 229, companions described 228, mantra of 228, Rājalīlā āsana 228, goddess of wealth 228, green 307