Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s3.91
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s3.91
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The innumerable gods and goddesses of the Vajrayāna pantheon thus are all manifestations of the Śūnya. And Śūnya being identified with compassion, conceived as manifesting itself in different forms, the result was the emergence of different divinities carrying different weapons and shown in different Mudrās. Secondly the Rasas or sentiments also played in the manifold conceptions of gods and goddesses. Thirdly the number of deities increase also in accordance with three Kāyas, the four Ānandas, the five Skandhas, the ten Pāramitās and so on.