The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c9.s2.6
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c9.s2.6
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The Siddhas of the first and second class were known as Mahāsiddhas ‘Great Magicians’ and in India their number was recognized as eighty-four. Most of these Mahāsiddhas flourished during the Pāla Period of Indian history (8th to 12th centuries A.D.) and were famous because of their uncanny and prodigious feats.