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Asana
Objects in hands Companions
Asana Objects in hands
Asana
Objects in hunds
KHADIRAVANI TARA
Asana Objects in hands
Companions and Misc.
R.h.-boon-giving L.h.-night lotus Aśokakantā Mārici
Asana
Objects in hands Companions and Misc.
DURGOTTARINI IARA
ASTAMAHABHAYA Seated with right knee raised
Four hands-nouse & goad in first pair of hands: lotus & varada in second pair
Companions Surrounded by ten goddesses
Alone
VAJRATARA
FKAJATA
Four-faced, eight-armed Ten goddesses Ratnasambhava in crown
VASYA TARA
With both legs pendant (bhadrasana)
MRITYUVANCANA TARA
Adamantine pose Wheel on her chest
No companions
Already described (p. 134) Akṣobhya in crown
DHANADA TARA
TARAS OF FIVE COLOURS
GREEN TARA
First pair of hands--book & rosary second pair-lotus & varada
Mahāmāyūri and Mārici
JANGULL
ARYA TARA
Seated with right knee raised (ardhaparyanka)
Alone
WHITE TARA
CHATURBHUJA-SITATARA
JANGULI
Two hands in utpala mudra. Lotus and varada in other two
MAHACINA TARA
Akşobhya in crown
Trident. peacock's feathers. Three faced, six-armed snake & abhaya
Three-faced, six-armed Akṣobhya in crown
YELLOW TARA
VISVAMATA
R.I.-abhaya L.h.-white lotus
BLUE TARA
PARNASABARI
MAHATTARI TARA Adamantine pose
Alone
RED TARA Bears image of Amitabha in crown
PARNASABARI
KURUKULLA
Rosary and bowl of lotus
Three-faced, six-armed
VARADA PARA
Seated with right knee raised (ardhaparyauka)
Aśokakäntä Mārici. Mahāmāyüri, Ekajață & Jänguli
BHRKUTI
JANGULI
Plays lute with first pair of hands. White serpent and abhaya in second pair
One-faced, four-armed R.h.-varada and rosary L.h.-tridandi and vase
