The Sanskrit term Sṛṣṭikāntā can be transliterated into English as Srstikanta or Srishtikanta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Sṛṣṭikāntā (सृष्टिकान्ता) or Sṛṣṭikāntālokeśvara refers to number 52 of the 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].

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“Sṛṣṭikāntā is one-faced and two-armed and stands on a lotus. He displays the Varada pose with his right hand, while his empty left hand rests near his navel. A large number of four-armed gods issue from various parts of his body, while Amitābha appears over his head”.

The names of the 108 deities [viz., Sṛṣṭikāntā] possbily originate from a Tantra included in the Kagyur which is named “the 108 names of Avalokiteshvara”, however it is not yet certain that this is the source for the Nepali descriptions.

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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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Starts with: Srishtikantalokeshvara.

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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)

108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (52): Sṛṣṭikāntā Lokeśvara

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