The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c26.9

c26.9

D Dacca, 6, museum 38, 156 Ḍākinī, 218, described 218, 321, form 321, dhyāna 321, images 321, 322, Vajrayoginī 217 Ḍākinī group, four, 321, general description 321, list of deities, 321, appearance 321, form 321, images 321 Ḍāmara mudrā 183 Dānapāramitā 324, colour 324, symbol 324, dhyāna 324, described 325, images 325 Dance deities, four, 312, their nature 312, their description, 312, their images 312 Daśabhujasita Mārīcī, 213, colour 213, sādhana 213, described 213, three attendants 213 Daśabhūmika-Sūtra, 28 Dates or Tithis, 382, deified 382, images 382 Death, god of, 166 Deification, process of 385, specialised study 385, epidemic of 31, of books 220 Deities, number of 34, forms of 47, increase in number 392, objects as 392, literature as 392, philosophical concepts as 392, abstract ideas as 392, desires as 392, interchange of, 1 Deity, evolution of 25, nature of 24, visualisation of 24, the mantra person 29, realisation of 27, single 30, condensation of words, 30, manifestation of Śūnya 391, no real existence 391, only an idea 391, Śūnya in essence 391, Śūnya manifests as 391 Dependent origination 25 Devadevatā Lokeśvara, described 428 Devaputra Māra 159 Dhanada 179 Dhanada Tārā, 231, colour 231, vāhana 231, companions 231, mantra 231, dhyāna 231, described 231, images 231 green 307, special features 307 Dhāraṇī 26