The University of Nalanda c12.106

c12.106

The ritualism of Nālandā Buddhism, then, seems to have varied from time to time, as modifications took place in the faith itself. The Caityavandana, the Ablution of the Holy image (of Buddha), the chanting of Gāthās, etc., very likely, were replaced by the individual worship of these Tāntric images. The form and nature of this worship we do not propose to describe. For every Tāntric image had its own form of worship called Sādhana,¹ the description of which would take us beyond our task.