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 Amoghasiddhi: Shadbhuja-Sitatara and represents figure 171 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 171 - Emanations of Amoghasiddhi: Ṣaḍbhuja-Sitatārā
Fig. 171: Ṣaḍbhuja-Sitatārā
Colour: white;
Āsana: ardhaparyaṅka;
Faces: three;
Arms: six;
There are many Sādhanas for Sitatārās, or the Tārās of white colour but in none of them are they mentioned as bearing the image of Amoghasiddhi on their crowns. It is only in this case that the image of the Dhyāni Buddha is expressly mentioned. This White Tārā is three-faced and six-armed [...].
The accompanying sketch (Fig. 171) shows how she is represented in Nepal. It tallies in all respects with the description given in the Sādhana, except that here she is represented in Vajraparyaṅka instead of Ardhaparyaṅka as required by the Sādhana.
She is known to the Chinese collection at Peiping.