Elements of Buddhist Iconography c8.115

c8.115

FIGURE 32. Garbha-kośa-dhātu maṇḍala, in which the *tattvas* (Quiddities or Principles) are shown in their sensibly manifested forms. The central field corresponds to the whole area shown in Figs. 30 and 33. Vairocana is represented by the syllable (seed-letter) "AḤ:" with which may be compared a representation (Fig. 40) of Vairocana by the syllable A upon a lotus throne, supported by a *vajra* "stem," which rests in turn upon a lower lotus.