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: Dhanada-Tara and represents figure 172 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 172 - Emanations of Amoghasiddhi: Dhanada-Tārā

Dhanada Tara
Fig. 172: Dhanada-Tārā

Arms: four;
Colour: green.

Dhanada-Tārā is one of the four-armed varieties of Tārā. The special features of this goddess are that she rides an animal, and like Vajratārā, is surrounded by eight goddesses, originating from the eight syllables of the famous mantra “Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā”. The symbols that are held in her four hands are also different from all other varieties of four-armed Tārā.

Images of Dhanada Tārā are found in Tibet and China. Fig. 172 illustrates a Nepalese drawing.

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