The Indian Buddhist Iconography
by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya | 1958 | 51,392 words | ISBN-10: 8173053138 | ISBN-13: 9788173053139
This page contains an iconography image of Eight Gauri Group: Dombi and represents figure 205 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 205 - Eight Gaurī Group: Ḍombī
Fig. 205: Ḍombī
(Peiping)
The eight deities of the Gaurī group [viz., Ḍombī] of goddesses are extremely popular in Vajrayāna and are found described in several places both in the Sadhānamālā as well as in the Niṣpannayogāvalī. These goddesses are represented also in the Chinese collection of statuettes in the city of Peiping. [...] All the deities are violent in character with fearful appearance and ornaments, and garlands of heads. They dance in Pratyālīḍha and show the raised index finger with clasped fist against the chest, as the common gesture.
8. Ḍombī:
Colour: mixed;
Arms: two;
Symbol: banner.
The eighth and the last goddess in the group of deities headed by Gaurī is described thus in the Pañcaḍāka-maṇḍala as an associate of Vajraḍāka (Niṣpannayogāvalī): “Ḍombī is of mixed colour and carries in her right hand the high flag and banner”. The left hand displays the common gesture of the Tarjanī against the chest. She is represented only once in the Chinese collection as Ḍombī. Fig. 205 illustrates this Chinese statuette.