The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c9.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c9.2
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c9.2
All the three great religious systems of India, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism developed well-filled pantheons, and it is not always easy to decide to which of these three systems a particular image should be assigned. The importance of the study of iconography, which primarily concerns itself with the proper recognition of images thus becomes apparent.