Mahayana Buddhism (Literature, Language and The Ramification)
author: Sadhan Chandra Sarkar
edition: 2014, The Asiatic Society
pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9789381574201
Topic: Mahayana
A Note on Some Interesting Stucco Heads of Kunala
from Gandhara in the Indian Museum Collection
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The gods of northern Buddhism [by Alice Getty]
One head, four arms. Symbols : vajra. Treads on personage lying on snakes. Nilambara-Vajrapani (Yi-dam). II. Three heads, six arms. Symbols : vajra. Holds snakes. Treads on Brahma and Siva Form : yab-yum. Mahacakra-Vajrapani (Yi-dam). III. Four heads, four arms, four legs. Symbols: khadga (sword) pasa (lasso) vajra (thunderbolt) Threads on demons. Acala-Vajrapani. IV. Form with head, wings, and claws like Garuda. Vajrapani (Second Dhyani-Bodhisattva) (Thunderbolt-bearer). God of Rain....
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography [by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya]
The credits of figure 3 (head-dress of the Buddha) goes to the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi along with the Archaeological Museums at Calcutta, Lucknow, Sarnath and Nalanda functioning under the Department. Credits also goes to The Indian Museum, Calcutta....
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas [by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw]
Whereupon He expounded the Kunala Jataka of Asiti Nipata in three hundred verses to draw lessons from....
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