The Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities
author: Lokesh Chandra
edition: 2002, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 807
ISBN-10: 812460178X
ISBN-13: 9788124601785
Topic: Tibetan-buddhism
Astadasabhuja-Padmanartesvara
This chapter describes Astadasabhuja-Padmanartesvara located on page 338 and contained in the collection "Manifestations of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" in the book Tibetan Iconography (a unique pantheon). This book deals with the iconography of deities within the Pantheon of Tibetan Buddhism, such as Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Matrkas (Goddesses), Gurus (Teachers), Protective Deities and various other spiritual entities. The Buddhist art and iconography in this book is accompanied by Chinese eulogies.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography [by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya]
(Avalokiteshvara): Padmanarteshvara. Figure 110: Padmanarteshvara (Nepal) Figure 111: Padmanarteshvara (Peiping) Figure 112: Padmanarteshvara (I) Eighteen-Armed Padmanarteshvara (Padmanartteshvara): Three Sadhanas in the Sadhanamala are devoted to the worship of this variant of Avalokiteshvara, all entirely different and describing three widely different forms of the deity. It is, therefore, necessary that all the three Dhyanas should be quoted and translated....
Read full contents: Figure 110-112 - (Avalokiteshvara): Padmanarteshvara
The gods of northern Buddhism [by Alice Getty]
We know from the sadhana that there was a form of Padmapani called 'Padmanartesvara', seated on an eight-petalled lotus, on each petal of which was a goddess, Tara, Bhrikuti, &c. Are then these eight emanations goddesses? 2. Does it represent the 'vital breaths'? Ten of the twelve emanations might represent 'the ten vital breaths' (the five organs of sense and the five material elements, earth, water, fire, air, and ether, of which man is composed)....
Read full contents: Chapter VI - The Principal Forms Of Avalokitesvara
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