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The Indian Buddhist Iconography

by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya | 1958 | 51,392 words | ISBN-10: 8173053138 | ISBN-13: 9788173053139

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Summary: This book presents a comprehensive collection of Buddhist iconography including extracts of the English translationthe of the Sadhanamala. There are 249 total plates in this book as well as 108 illustrations of lokeshvara in the appendix, representing eye-copy of paintings in the Machhandar Vahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Source 1: motilalbanarsidass.com
Source 2: archive.org

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The full text of the The Indian Buddhist Iconography in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

Figure 1 - Māyā’s dream (Bharhut)
Figure 2 - Symbol Worship (1): Bodhi Tree (Amaravati)
Figure 3 - Symbol Worship (2): Buddha’s Head-dress (Bharhut)
Figure 4 - Symbol Worship (3): Buddha’s foot-prints (Bharhut)
Figure 5 - Symbol Worship (4): Wheel-of-the-law (Bharhut)
Figure 6 - Stūpas of Nepal (1): Simbhū
Figure 7 - Stūpas of Nepal (2): Bauddh (Bodhnāth)
Figure 8 - Stūpas of Nepal (3): Kāthe Simbhū
Figure 9 - Buddhist Triad (1): Dharma
Figure 10 - Buddhist Triad (2): Buddha
Figure 11 - Buddhist Triad (3): Saṅgha
Figure 12 - Ādi-Buddha, Vajradhara (from a Nepalese painting)
Figure 13 - Vajradhara (Baroda Museum)
Figure 14 - Vajradhara Yab-yum (Nepal)
Figure 15 - Vajradhara Yab-yum (Side view)
Figure 16 - Vajradhara, Six-armed (Baroda Museum)
Figure 17 - Buddha in different Mudrās (Nalanda)
Figure 18 - Buddha in different Mudrās (Java)
Figure 19 - Amitābha
Figure 20 - Pāṇḍarā
Figure 21 - Padmapāṇi (Nepal)
Figure 22-23 - Akṣobhya
Figure 24 - Māmakī
Figure 25-27 - Vajrapāṇi
Figure 28-29 - Vairocana
Figure 30 - Vairocana-Vajradhātu
Figure 31 - Locanā
Figure 32 - Samantabhadra (Nepal)
Figure 33-34 - Amoghasiddhi
Figure 35 - Tārā
Figure 36 - Viśvapāṇi
Figure 37-38 - Ratnasambhava
Figure 39 - Vajradhātvīśvarī
Figure 40 - Ratnapāṇi
Figure 41-42 - Vajrasattva
Figure 43-44 - Vajrasattva (Yab-yum)
Figure 45 - Seven Mortal Buddhas with Maitreya
Figure 46 - Buddha Vajrāsana
Figure 47 - Maitreya (the future Buddha)
Figure 48 - Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
Figure 49-50 - Bodhisattva Akṣayamati
Figure 51 - Bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha
Figure 52 - Bodhisattva Ākāśagarbha
Figure 53 - Bodhisattva Gaganagañja
Figure 54 - Bodhisattva Ratnapāṇi
Figure 55 - Bodhisattva Sāgaramati
Figure 56 - Bodhisattva Vajragarbha
Figure 57 - Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara
Figure 58 - Bodhisattva Mahāsthāmaprāpta
Figure 59 - Bodhisattva Candraprabha
Figure 60 - Bodhisattva Jālinīprabha
Figure 61 - Bodhisattva Amitaprabha
Figure 62 - Bodhisattva Pratibhānakūṭa
Figure 63 - Bodhisattva Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati
Figure 64 - Bodhisattva Sarvanivaraṇaviṣkambhin
Figure 65 - Bodhisattva Maitreya
Figure 66 - Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī
Figure 67 - Bodhisattva Gandhahasti
Figure 68 - Bodhisattva Jñānaketu
Figure 69 - Bodhisattva Bhadrapāla
Figure 70-71 - Bodhisattva Sarvāpāyañjaha
Figure 72 - Bodhisattva Amoghadarśin
Figure 73 - Bodhisattva Suraṅgama
Figure 74 - Mañjuśrī with Gaṇapati and Viṣṇu
Figure 75-76 - Mañjuśrī Vajrarāga
Figure 77 - Mañjuśrī Siddhaikavīra
Figure 78 - Mañjuśrī Vajrānaṅga
Figure 79-80 - Mañjuśrī Nāmasaṅgīti
Figure 81-82 - Mañjuśrī Vāgīśvara
Figure 83-86 - Mañjuśrī Mañjuvara
Figure 87 - Mañjuśrī Mañjuvajra
Figure 88 - Mañjuśrī Mañjukumāra
Figure 89 - Mañjuśrī Arapacana
Figure 93 - Mañjuśrī Sthiracakra (Vaṅgīya Sāhitya Pariṣat)
Figure 94-98 - (Avalokiteśvara): Ṣaḍakṣarī-Lokeśvara
Figure 99-102 - (Avalokiteśvara): Siṃhanāda
Figure 103-104 - (Avalokiteśvara): Khasarpaṇa
Figure 105-108 - (Avalokiteśvara): Lokanātha
Figure 109 - (Avalokiteśvara): Hālāhala
Figure 110-112 - (Avalokiteśvara): Padmanarteśvara
Figure 113 - (Avalokiteśvara): Harihariharivāhana
Figure 114 - (Avalokiteśvara): Trailokyavaśaṅkara
Figure 115 - (Avalokiteśvara): Raktalokeśvara (or Rakta-Lokeśvara)
Figure 116 - (Avalokiteśvara): Nīlakaṇṭha
Figure 117 - (Avalokiteśvara): Sugatisandarśana (or Sugatisaṃdarśana)
Figure 118 - (Avalokiteśvara): Pretasantarpita (or Pretasaṃtarpita)
Figure 119 - (Avalokiteśvara): Sukhāvatī Lokeśvara
Figure 120 - (Avalokiteśvara): Vajradharma
Figure 121-122 - Emanations of Amitābha: Kurukullā
Figure 123 - Emanations of Amitābha: Bhṛkuṭi
Figure 124 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Caṇḍaroṣaṇa
Figure 125 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Heruka
Figure 126-127 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Buddhakapāla
Figure 128-129 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Hayagrīva
Figure 130 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Ucchuṣma-Jambhala
Figure 131 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Vighnāntaka
Figure 132 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Paramāśva “great horse”
Figure 133 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Yogāmbara
Figure 134 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Kālacakra
Figure 135-136 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Mahācīna Tārā (Ugratārā)
Figure 137 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Jāṅgulī (snake-bite Goddess)
Figure 138-139 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Ekajaṭā
Figure 140 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Parṇaśabarī
Figure 141-142 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Prajñāpāramitā
Figure 143 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Vajracarcikā
Figure 144-146 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Pratyaṅgirā (Mahāpratyaṅgirā)
Figure 147 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Dhvajāgrakeyūrā
Figure 148-149 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Nairātmā
Figure 150 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Vajravidāraṇī
Figure 151 - Emanations of Vairocana: Nāmasaṅgīti (or Nāmasaṃgīti)
Figure 152-155 - Emanations of Vairocana: Aṣṭabhuja and Daśabhujasita Mārīcī
Figure 156-157 - Emanations of Vairocana: Uṣṇīṣavijayā
Figure 158 - Emanations of Vairocana: Sitātapatrā Aparājitā
Figure 159-160 - Emanations of Vairocana: Vajravārāhī
Figure 161-164 - Emanations of Vairocana: Cundā
Figure 165 - Emanations of Vairocana: Grahamātṛkā
Figure 166-168 - Emanations of Amoghasiddhi: Khadiravaṇī Tārā
Figure 169 - Emanations of Amoghasiddhi: Mahāśrī Tārā
Figure 170 - Emanations of Amoghasiddhi: Vaśyatārā (Vaśya Tārā)
Figure 171 - Emanations of Amoghasiddhi: Ṣaḍbhuja-Sitatārā
Figure 172 - Emanations of Amoghasiddhi: Dhanada-Tārā
Figure 173-174 - Emanations of Amoghasiddhi: Parṇaśabarī (Parṇaśavarī)
Figure 175 - Emanations of Amoghasiddhi: Vajraśṛṅkhalā
Figure 176-179 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: Jambhala
Figure 180-183 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: Vajratārā and Puṣpatārā
Figure 184-185 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: Mahāpratisarā
Figure 186-188 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: Vasudhārā
Figure 189-190 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: Aparājitā
Figure 191 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: Vajrayoginī
Figure 192 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: Prasannatārā (Prasanna Tārā)
Figure 193 - Goddesses of Direction (2): Vajrapāśī
Figure 194 - Goddesses of Direction (3): Vajrasphoṭā
Figure 195 - Eight Uṣṇīṣa Gods (1): Vajroṣṇīṣa
Figure 196 - Five Protectresses (1): Mahāpratisarā
Figure 197 - Five Protectresses (2): Mahāsāhasrapramardanī
Figure 198 - Five Protectresses (3): Mahāmantrānusāriṇī
Figure 199 - Five Protectresses (4): Mahāśītavatī
Figure 200 - Five Protectresses (5): Mahāmāyūrī
Figure 201 - Green Tārā: Mahattarī
Figure 202 - Eight Gaurī Group: Vetālī
Figure 203 - Eight Gaurī Group: Ghasmarī
Figure 204 - Eight Gaurī Group: Pukkasī
Figure 205 - Eight Gaurī Group: Ḍombī
Figure 206 - Four Dance Deities: Lāsyā
Figure 207 - Four Dance Deities: Gītā
Figure 208 - Four Dance Deities: Nṛtyā
Figure 209 - Musical Instruments Deities: Vīṇā
Figure 210 - Musical Instruments Deities: Mukundā
Figure 211 - Four Door Goddesses: Tālikā
Figure 212 - Four Door Goddesses: Kapāṭā
Figure 213 - Four Light Goddesses: Dīpā
Figure 214 - Four Light Goddesses: Ratnolkā
Figure 215-216 - Four Animal-Faced Goddesses: Siṃhāsyā
Figure 217-218 - Four Ḍākinī Group
Figure 219 - Twelve Pāramitās: Dhyānapāramitā
Figure 220 - Twelve Pāramitās: Praṇidhānapāramitā
Figure 221 - Twelve Vaśitā Goddesses: Upapattivaiśtā
Figure 222 - Twelve Vaśitā Goddesses: Ṛddhivaśitā
Figure 223 - Twelve Bhūmis: Dharmameghā
Figure 224 - Four Pratisaṃvits: Nirukti-Pratisaṃvit
Figure 225 - Four Pratisaṃvits: Pratibhāna-Pratisaṃvit
Figure 226 - Hindu Gods: Two-armed Mahākāla
Figure 227-228 - Hindu Gods: Four and Twelve-armed Gaṇapati
Figure 229 - Hindu Gods: Gaṇapatihṛdayā
Figure 230 - Hindu Gods: Mahāsarasvatī
Figure 231 - Hindu Gods: Vajravīṇā Sarasvatī
Figure 232-233 - Hindu Gods: Vajraśāradā
Figure 234 - Hindu Gods: Ārya-Sarasvatī
Figure 235 - Hindu Gods: Vajrasarasvatī
Figure 236 - Eight Dikpālas: Indra
Figure 237 - Eight Dikpālas: Agni
Figure 238 - Eight Dikpālas: Vāyu
Figure 239 - Ten principal Hindu deities: Brahmā
Figure 240 - Ten principal Hindu deities: Maheśvara
Figure 241 - Ten principal Hindu deities: Gaṇapati
Figure 242 - Nine planets: Rāhu
Figure 243 - Nine planets: Ketu
Figure 244-245 - Time Deities: Navamī and Daśamī Tithis
Figure 246-248 - Zodiacal sings Deities: Tulā, Kumbha and Mīna
Figure 249 - Dacca image of Khadiravaṇī Tārā
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (1): Hayagrīva Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (2): Mojaghāñjabala Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (3): Hālāhala Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (4): Harihariharivāhana Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (5): Māyājālakrama Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (6): Ṣaḍakṇarī Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (7): Ānandādi Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (8): Vaśyādhikāra Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (9): Potapāda Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (10): Kamaṇḍalu Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (11): Varadāyaka Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (12): Jaṭāmukuṭa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (13): Sukhāvatī Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (14): Pretasantarpaṇa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (15): Māyājālakramakrodha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (16): Sugatisandarśana Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (17): Nīlakaṇṭha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (18): Lokanātha Raktāryāvalokiteśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (19): Trilokasandarśana Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (20): Siṃhanātha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (21): Khasarpaṇa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (22): Maṇipadma Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (23): Vajradharma Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (24): Pupala Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (25): Utnauti Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (26): Vṛṣṇācana Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (27): Brahmadaṇḍa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (28): Acāta Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (29): Mahāvajrasattva Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (30): Viśvahana Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (31): Śākyabuddha Lokeśvara (1)
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (32): Śāntāsi Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (33): Yamadaṇḍa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (34): Vajroṣṇīṣa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (35): Vajrahuntika Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (36): Jñānadhātu Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (37): Kāraṇḍavyūha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (38): Sarvanivaraṇaviṣkambhī Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (39): Sarvaśokatamonirghāta Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (40): Pratibhānakakūṭa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (41): Amṛtaprabha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (42): Jālinīprabha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (43): Candraprabha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (44): Avalokita Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (45): Vajragarbha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (46): Sāgaramati Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (47): Ratnapāṇi Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (48): Gaganagañja Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (49): Ākāśagarbha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (50): Kṣitigarbha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (51): Akṣayamati Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (52): Sṛṣṭikāntā Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (53): Samantabhadra Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (54): Mahāsahastabhuja Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (55): Mahāratnakīrti Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (56): Mahāśaṅkhanātha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (57): Mahāsahasrasūrya Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (58): Māhāratnakula Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (59): Mahāpaṭala Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (60): Mahāmañjudatta Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (61): Mahācandrabimba Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (62): Mahāsuryabimba Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (63): Mahā-Abhayaphalada Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (64): Mahā-Abhayakarī Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (65): Mahāmañjubhūta Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (66): Mahāviśvaśuddha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (67): Mahāvajradhātu Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (68): Mahāvajradhṛk Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (69): Mahāvajrapāṇi Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (70): Mahāvajranātha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (71): Amoghapāśa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (72): Devadevatā Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (73): Piṇḍapātra Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (74): Sārthavāha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (75): Ratnadala Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (76): Viṣṇupāṇi Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (77): Kamalacandra Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (78): Vajrakhaṇḍa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (79): Acalaketu Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (80): Śiriṣarā Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (81): Dharmacakra Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (82): Harivāhana Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (83): Sarasiri Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (84): Harihara Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (85): Siṃhanāda Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (86): Viśvavajra Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (87): Amitābha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (88): Vajrasattvadhātu Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (89): Viśvabhūta Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (90): Dharmadhātu Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (91): Vajradhātu Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (92): Śākyabuddha Lokeśvara (2)
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (93): Cittadhātu Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (94): Cintāmaṇi Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (95): Śāntamati Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (96): Mañjunātha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (97): Viṣṇucakra Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (98): Kṛtāñjali Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (99): Viṣṇukāntā Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (100): Vajrasṛṣṭa Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (101): Śaṅkhanātha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (102): Vidyāpati Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (103): Nityanātha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (104): Padmapāṇi Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (105): Vajrapāṇi Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (106): Mahāsthāmaprāpta Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (107): Vajranātha Lokeśvara
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (108): Śrīmadāryāvalokiteśvara

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