Tara in Hinduism
author: Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya
edition: 2003, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 414
ISBN-10: 8178540215
Topic: Hinduism
Archaeological Sources - Ekajata
This page describes Ekajata from pages 34-38 in the book: Tara in Hinduism by Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya. This book represents a study of the Goddess Tara (啶むぞ啶班ぞ, 迟腻谤腻) and collects various standpoints regarding her cult from both Buddhist and Brahmanical sources. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms. It is part of the series 鈥淭ara from Archaeological Sources鈥�.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography [by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya]
Emanations of Akshobhya: Ekajata. Figure 138: Ekajata Figure 139: Ekajata Ekajata is one of the most powerful goddesses in the Vajrayana pantheon. It is said in the Sadhanamala that if a person listens to her mantra but once, he is at once freed from all obstacles and is attended always with good fortune, his enemies are destroyed and he becomes religiously inclined, even attaining the level of a Buddha....
Read full contents: Figure 138-139 - Emanations of Akshobhya: Ekajata
Devi Tantra, Mantra, Yantra (study) [by Srider Basudevan Iyer]
Ekajata. Kala. Varahi. Vasudeva Siva. dia critical marks made Brhatkankalini. thus confusion about rahasya. the exact Litle jne Yogini. Brhadgautamiya. Saratsara. Ganesavimarsini. Varunoddriti. Gauri. Nitya. Chhayanila. Yoga. Sivagama. Brhadyoni. Dharmaka. Camunda. Brahmjyana. Tattvacintamani. Mundamala. Varanyavilasa. Vindu / Bindu. Sastri Gaurinath, Introduction To Tantra-1 New Delhi 2001, P. 46-48 [[[ p. 2 ]]] Hamsa Balavilasa. Mahayogini. mahesvara Niruttara....
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Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures [by Nalini Kanta Bhattasali]
To the left of the goddess sits a rather corpulent female deity (Ekajata) with a knife in the right hand and a skull-cup in the left. Miniature figures of eight Taras are given one above the other in two rows of four and four on the right and the left sides of the goddess. They all hold lotuses with the left hands; the right hands in the Abhaya Mudra are placed between the breasts....
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