Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India: Varieties of the Vishnu Image

In this point she will resemble the Khadiravarni Tara which is a form of the yellow Tara but differs in the mudräs or mystic poses of the hands the Khadiravarii Tara being shown as similarly seated with her right hand in the charity ' muds holding the stem of a full-blown lotus flower the left hand being in the argument ' muds holding the stem of an utpala." The attrbute of the right hand [...] The Brahmanical Tara like the Buddhist Tara is primarily a Saviouress; and this is in harmony with the etymology of the term.3 According to the Laghustava the well-known eulogy of Durga read daily by a staunch Sakta or the worshipper of Sakti she is to be invoked for the crossing of waters or at the time of distress caused by flood or swelling of waters.' Having thought of Lakshmi at the royal [...] A small circular piece is soldered at the back bearing as in the figurine of Tara the Buddhist creed in the Nagar' character of about the 9th century A. D. The leaves of the pipal or Ficus religiosus shown above the head of the figure defines the statuette as an image of Gautama or the historical Buddha. [...] Similar considerations led me in the previous paragraph to omit mention of the fact that the order in which the Padma considers its attributes is also divergent in the original from the order in the Agnipurana but we may take the pradakshinam of the latter as our norm and the more easily since the text of Ilemddri also takes the attributes in this order beginning with the lower right hand as be [...] This seems to show a special need for an examination of the text in Heraddri's case and since where he differs from the order given in the Agnipurcina the latter text is sometimes supported and confirmed by the evidence of the Padma the order given in the Agni may be looked upon as the most authoritative of the lot just as its list of names is the most orderly and most complete.