The Indian Buddhist Iconography
by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya | 1958 | 51,392 words | ISBN-10: 8173053138 | ISBN-13: 9788173053139
This page contains an iconography image of Emanations of Amitabha: Bhrikuti and represents figure 123 of the book Indian Buddhist Iconography, based on extracts of the Sadhanamala English translation. These plates and illustrations represent either photographs of sculptures or line-drawing reproductions of paintings or other representations of Buddhist artwork.
Figure 123 - Emanations of Amitābha: Bhṛkuṭi
Figure 123: Bhṛkuṭi
(Peiping)
Bhṛkuṭi is another goddess emanating from the Dhyāni Buddha, Amitābha of red colour. She is already familiar as a companion of Avalokiteśvara as a minor goddess. When she accompanies Khasarpaṇa she is yellow in colour and four-armed. She carries in her two left hands the Tridaṇḍī and the Kamaṇḍalu. One of the two right hands is raised in the attitude of bowing, while the other carries the rosary. Bhṛkuṭi is also worshipped as a principal goddess, and two Sādhanas in the Sādhanamālā are devoted to her worship.
Images of Bhṛkuṭi are rare, but they are known in Tibet and China. Fig. 123 illustrates one of the Peiping images.
Colour: yellow;
Arms: four;