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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Praṇidhānapāramitā (प्रणिधानपारमिता) refers to one of twelve Pāramitā Goddesses in human form, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is blue; her Symbol is a sword on lotus; she has two arms.

Praṇidhānapāramitā is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (dharmadhātuvāgīśvara-maṇḍala) as follows:—

“Praṇidhānapāramitā is of the colour of the blue lotus, and she holds in her left hand the sword on a blue lotus”.

[The right hand as usual displays the cintamaṇi banner. Her statuette is found in China.

The twelve deities collectively have their spiritual father in Ratnasambhava. [...] According to a statement in the maṇḍala all the deities [viz., Praṇidhānapāramitā] are two-armed, and they hold in the right hand the flag marked with the Cintāmaṇi jewel, and in the left their special symbols. Prajñāpāramitā is an exception since she has two more hands.]

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Partial matches: Paramita, Pranidhana.

Full-text: Samprakashanata.

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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)

Figure 220 - Twelve Pāramitās: Praṇidhānapāramitā

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