[Footnote 1030: It is just mentioned in S. Levi’s Nepal II, p. 385, but is not in Rajendralal Mitra’s Catalogue.]
[Footnote 1031: Waddell, Buddhism, p. 131. Pander, Pantheon, p. 59, No. 56.]
[Footnote 1032: Nepalese Buddhism knows not only the Dhyani Buddhas, Saktis and Bodhisattvas including Vajrasattva and Vajradhara, but also deities like Hayagriva, Yamantaka, Bhrikuti, Marici, Kurukulla. In both Nepal and Tibet are found pictures called Thsogs-sin in which the deities of the Pantheon (or at least the principal of them) are grouped according to rank. See for an example containing 138 deities the frontispiece of Getty’s Gods of Northern Buddhism.]
[Footnote 1033: Buddhism, pp. 350-1.]
[Footnote 1034: For an outline of the method followed by Tibetans in studying the Tantras, see Journal Buddhist Text Society, 1893, vol. I. part III. pp. 25-6.]
[Footnote 1035: The deity may appear in an unusual form, so the worshipper can easily persuade himself that he has received the desired revelation.]
[Footnote 1036: A figure identified with Indra or Vajrapani is found in Gandhara sculptures.]
[Footnote 1037: Mythologie, p. 97.]
[Footnote 1038: The Dhyani Buddhas however seem to be the Yi-dam of individuals only.]
[Footnote 1039: Huth’s edition, p. 1.]
[Footnote 1040: See Buddhist Text Society, vol. II. part II. appendix II. 1904, p. 6.]
[Footnote 1041: See Laufer, “Hundert Tausend Nagas” in Memoirs of Finno-Ugrian Society, 1898.]
[Footnote 1042: Or Five Bodies, sKu-Lna. dPe-dKar or Pe-har is by some authorities identified with the Chinese deity Wei-to. This latter is represented in the outer court of most Chinese temples.]
[Footnote 1043: In Tibetan sGrol-ma, in Mongol Dara aka. For the early history of Tara see Blonay, Materiaux pour servir a l’histoire de ... Tara, 1895.]
[Footnote 1044: Waddell, Buddhism, p. 360.]
[Footnote 1045: Tibetan gTsug-tor-rnam-par-rgyal-ma.]
[Footnote 1046: Cf. Whitehead’s statement (Village Gods of S. India, p. 79) that women worshipping certain goddesses are clad only in the twigs of the mimosa tree.]
[Footnote 1047: See Foucher, Icon. Bouddhique, 1900, p. 142, and Taranatha tr. Schiefner, p. 102.]
[Footnote 1048: See Waddell. Grunwedel seems to regard Vajra-Varahi as distinct from Marici.]
[Footnote 1049: As for instance is also the origin of Linga worship in India.]
[Footnote 1050: See Steiner in Mitth. der Deutsch. Gesellsch. Natur-u. Volkerkunde Ost-Asiens, 1909-10, p. 35.]
[Footnote 1051: Padme is said to be commonly pronounced peme.]
[Footnote 1052: Waddell quotes a similar spell known in both Tibet and Japan, but addressed to Vairocana. Om Amogha Vairocanamahamudra mani padma jvalapravarthtaya hum. Buddhism, p. 149.]