The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c9.s3.6
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c9.s3.6
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c9.s3.6
The process of the evolution of the deity is described in Tāntric works, where clear-cut statements are made on the origin of the deities and their gradual evolution from the germ syllable. In the Advayavajrasaṅgraha, for instance, it is said :
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- Advayavajrasaṃgraha — Maitrīpa, Sanskrit