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 Akshobhya: Pratyangira (Mahapratyangira) and represents figure 144-146 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 144-146 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Pratyaṅgirā (Mahāpratyaṅgirā)
 Figure 144: Pratyaṅgirā |
 Figure 145: Pratyaṅgirā |
 Figure 146: Pratyaṅgirā (Nepal) |
Colour: blue;
Arms: six;
One short Sādhana only is assigned in the Sādhanamālā to Mahāpratyaṅgirā. Figs. 144 and 145 illustrate two Nepalese drawings of the goddess Mahāpratyaṅgirā. They conform to the description given in the Sādhana. The ivory image from Nepal (Fig 146) with innumerable heads is also worshipped as Mahāpratyaṅgirā. This goddess is found also in China.