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CHAPTER 1: LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS .................................................................... 5
Landscape elements ......................................................................................................... 5
Rock formations .............................................................................................................. 6
Rock formations 01 ......................................................................................................... 7
Vajra-rock promontories, rock stacks and Mt Meru ........................................................ 8
Vajra-rock promontories and cliff faces ........................................................................... 9
Various landscape elements ........................................................................................... 10
Foliage around rock formations ..................................................................................... 11Simulacra forms in landscape ........................................................................................ 12
Stylistic representations of water ................................................................................... 13
Turbulent water ............................................................................................................. 14
Waterfalls....................................................................................................................... 15
Flame formations ........................................................................................................... 16
Flame formations 01 ...................................................................................................... 17
Flame formations, haloes and aureoles .......................................................................... 18
Flame aureoles and haloes ............................................................................................. 19
Symmetrical flame aureoles as mountains of fire ....................................................... 20
Makara-tail aureoles as rosaries of light ..................................................................... 20
Cumulus and cirrus cloud formations............................................................................ 21
Cumulus, cloud streets and mares-tail clouds .............................................................. 22
Mares-tail and swirling cirrus clouds ........................................................................... 23
Cloud formations, horizontal cloudbanks and cloud streets .......................................... 24
Cloud formations in mountainous landscapes ............................................................... 25
Cloud thrones ................................................................................................................ 26
Rainbow phenomena ..................................................................................................... 27
CHAPTER 2: FLOWERS AND TREES ...................................................................... 28
Lotuses and water lilies ................................................................................................. 28
Lotus thrones ................................................................................................................. 29
Lotus thrones 01 ............................................................................................................ 30
Stylised peony and chrysanthemum blossoms............................................................... 31
Flowers, buds and leaves ............................................................................................... 32
Compostion of flowers, buds, fruit and leaves .............................................................. 33
Flower buds ................................................................................................................... 34
Leaves ............................................................................................................................ 35
Various trees (willow, mango, aloewood, etc.) .............................................................. 36
Various trees 01 (fig, peach, sandalwood, etc.).............................................................. 37
Various trees 02 (cypress, fig, peony, bamboo, etc.) ...................................................... 38
Various trees 03 (palm, banana, plantain, peony, etc.) ................................................... 39
Various trees 04 (mango, sandalwood, fig, pine, etc) .................................................... 39
Entwining trees, leaf and flower roundels ..................................................................... 40
Stylised leaf and fruit clusters........................................................................................ 41
CHAPTER 3: ANIMALS .............................................................................................. 42
The windhorse and the 4 supernatural creatures............................................................ 42
Dragons ......................................................................................................................... 43
The garuda ..................................................................................................................... 44
The makara .................................................................................................................... 45
Kirtimukha, the face of glory......................................................................................... 45
The nagas ....................................................................................................................... 45
The three victorious creatures of harmony .................................................................... 46
Various domestic and wild animals ............................................................................... 47
Animal heads ................................................................................................................. 48
Tiger, leopard, snow-lion and horse............................................................................... 49
Elephants ....................................................................................................................... 50
Deer ............................................................................................................................... 51
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Birds .............................................................................................................................. 52
Water birds..................................................................................................................... 53
The six-ornament throne of enlightenment ................................................................... 54
CHAPTER 4: NARRATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS .......................................................... 55
The four friends ............................................................................................................. 55
Shou-lao (symbols of longevity) & the Four Friends .................................................... 56
The six symbols of longevity (in Tibetan style) ............................................................. 57
Diagram of shamatha meditation practice ..................................................................... 58
CHAPTER 5: COSMOLOGY ...................................................................................... 59
Cosmology of Mt Meru ................................................................................................. 59
The Mt Meru mandala offering ..................................................................................... 60
The thirty-seven heaps of the mandala offering ............................................................ 61
The Tibetan astrological diagram .................................................................................. 62
Astrological symbols ..................................................................................................... 63
The all-powerful syllables of the Kalachakra ................................................................ 64
Variations of Kalachakras all-powerful syllables.......................................................... 65
The eight great stupas .................................................................................................... 66
Construction grid of the enlightenment stupa ................................................................ 67
The Buddha image and the stupa................................................................................... 68
The Hindu Kundalini-yoga, chakra system ................................................................... 69
The Buddhist channel-wheel system ............................................................................. 70
CHAPTER 6: MUDRAS............................................................................................... 71
Mudras made by combining both hands ........................................................................ 71
Single hand mudras ....................................................................................................... 72
Hands holding ritual implements................................................................................... 73
Footprints, handprints and foot postures ....................................................................... 74
CHAPTER 7: THE CHAKRAVARTIN AND HIS SEVEN PRECIOUS
POSSESSIONS ............................................................................................................. 75
The seven precious possessions ..................................................................................... 75
The seven precious possessions 01 ................................................................................ 76
The seven secondary possessions and insignias ............................................................ 77
Jewel heaps and the seven insignia................................................................................ 78
CHAPTER 8: AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS..................................................................... 79
The eight auspicious symbols ........................................................................................ 79
The eight auspicious symbols 01 ................................................................................... 80
Variations on the eight auspicious symbols ................................................................... 81
The parasol or umbrella ................................................................................................. 82
The victory banner ......................................................................................................... 83
Treasure vases, pennants, banners and flags .................................................................. 84
The conch shell .............................................................................................................. 85
The golden wheel .......................................................................................................... 86
The wheel and deer emblem .......................................................................................... 86
The eight auspicious substances .................................................................................... 87
Offering bowls with eight auspicious substances .......................................................... 88
The peaceful offering of the five senses ........................................................................ 89
Offering of sight - the mirror ......................................................................................... 90
Offering of sound - musical instruments ....................................................................... 91
Offerings of touch - taste and smell ............................................................................... 92
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CHAPTER 9: VARIOUS PEACEFUL OFFERINGS, JEWELS
AND RITUAL IMPLEMENTS..................................................................................... 93
The seven offering bowls............................................................................................... 93
Alms bowls, offering bowls and vases .......................................................................... 94
Jewels and gemstones .................................................................................................... 95
Gzi stones ...................................................................................................................... 96
The Buddhist rosary ...................................................................................................... 97
Rudrakasha beads .......................................................................................................... 97
Plant and grain attributes ............................................................................................... 97
Ritual vases and assorted ritual implements .................................................................. 98
Assorted ritual implements ............................................................................................ 99
The possessions of an ordained monk ......................................................................... 100
Monastic and ceremonial musical instruments ............................................................ 100
Peaceful offerings and ritual objects ............................................................................ 101
CHAPTER :10: THE WHEEL OF SHARP WEAPONS ............................................ 102
The nine-pronged vajra................................................................................................ 102
The various forms of the vajra ..................................................................................... 103
Vajras, crossed-vajras and vajra-chains ....................................................................... 104
The vishvavajra ........................................................................................................... 105
The vishvavajra 01 ...................................................................................................... 106
The ritual bell .............................................................................................................. 107
The ritual dagger.......................................................................................................... 107
The khatvanga or tantric staff ...................................................................................... 108
The khatvanga or tantric staff 01 ................................................................................. 109
The hand drum and the thigh-bone trumpet ................................................................ 110
The curved-knife and chopper ..................................................................................... 111
The skull-cup ............................................................................................................... 112
The bow ....................................................................................................................... 113
Arrows, divination arrows and mirrors ........................................................................ 114
Flower bows and arrows .............................................................................................. 115
Various swords............................................................................................................. 116
The trident pike, caduceus, dart, water-knife etc. ........................................................ 117
The spear or lance ........................................................................................................ 118
The trident ................................................................................................................... 119
Tally-sticks, clubs, skull-topped clubs, etc. ................................................................. 120
Maces, clubs, forked-sticks, ploughs, etc. ................................................................... 121
Skeletons and skeleton-clubs, etc. ............................................................................... 122
Snares and iron chains ................................................................................................. 123
The shield, discus or chakra, etc. ................................................................................. 124
Axes, iron hooks and elephant goads .......................................................................... 125
Miscellaneous ritual implements and weapons ........................................................... 126
The five magical weapons of Palden Lhamo, etc. ....................................................... 127
CHAPTER 11: WRATHFUL OFFERINGS, TORMAS,
AND RITUAL FIRE HEARTHS ................................................................................ 128
Dismembered body parts, etc. ...................................................................................... 128
Flayed skin friezes, carrion birds, corpses etc. ............................................................ 129
Tiger and leopardskin dhotis, etc. ................................................................................ 130
Skulls and skull offerings ............................................................................................ 131
Thread crosses, tormas, ransom offerings.................................................................... 132
The wrathful offering of the five senses ...................................................................... 133
The inner offering ........................................................................................................ 134
An assembly of weapons and wrathful offerings ......................................................... 135
Designs for the homa fire hearths employed in rituals of pacification and increase.... 136
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Designs for the homa fire hearths employed in rituals of subjugation
and wrathful activity .................................................................................................... 137
A variation of the square hearth design ....................................................................... 138
CHAPTER 12: GEOMETRIC BORDERS, PATTERNS, DESIGNS AND MOTIFS 139
Composite Chinese pictograph .................................................................................... 139
Geometric border designs ............................................................................................ 139
Meander and endless knot designs .............................................................................. 140
Borders of interlocking chains, knots, squares and swastikas ..................................... 141
Repeating knot and swastika patterns and borders ...................................................... 142
Repeating swastika borders and patterns ..................................................................... 143
Endlessly repeating swastika patterns.......................................................................... 144
Repeating swastika patterns......................................................................................... 145
Knots and border designs ............................................................................................ 146
Swastika and endless knot borders .............................................................................. 147
Endless knots ............................................................................................................... 148
Endless knots 01 .......................................................................................................... 149
Knots, juii symbols and syllables ............................................................................... 150
Chinese shou or longevity symbols ............................................................................. 151
Various Chinese symbols and trigrams ........................................................................ 152
Armour and chain-mail designs................................................................................... 153
Border designs and linear brocade patterns ................................................................. 154
Geometric border designs 01 ....................................................................................... 155
Brocade pattern designs ............................................................................................... 156
Makara-tail scrolls and crests ...................................................................................... 157
Repeating lotus or peony flower designs ..................................................................... 158
Repeating vajra and lotus designs ............................................................................... 159
Repeating vajra and bell upon lotus designs................................................................ 160
Repeating sword and book upon a lotus ...................................................................... 161
Old Book - Image 01 ................................................................................................... 162
Old Book - Image 02 ................................................................................................... 162
Old Book - Image 03 ................................................................................................... 163
Old Book - Image 04 ................................................................................................... 164
Old Book - Image 05 ................................................................................................... 165
Old Book - Image 06 ................................................................................................... 166
Old Book - Image 07 ................................................................................................... 167
Old Book - Image 08 ................................................................................................... 168
Old Book - Image 09 ................................................................................................... 169
Old Book - Image 10 ................................................................................................... 170
Old Book - Image 11 ................................................................................................... 171
Old Book - Image 12 ................................................................................................... 172
Old Book - Image 13 ................................................................................................... 173
Old Book - Image 14 ................................................................................................... 174
Old Book - Image 15 ................................................................................................... 175
Old Book - Image 16 ................................................................................................... 176
Old Book - Image 17 ................................................................................................... 177
Old Book - Image 18 ................................................................................................... 178
Old Book - Image 19 ................................................................................................... 179
Old Book - Image 20 ................................................................................................... 180
Old Book - Image 21 ................................................................................................... 181
Old Book - Image 22 ................................................................................................... 182
Old Book - Image 23 ................................................................................................... 183
Old Book - Image 24 ................................................................................................... 184
Old Book - Image 25 ................................................................................................... 185
Old Book - Image 26 ................................................................................................... 186
Old Book - Image 27 ................................................................................................... 187
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CHAPTER 1: LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS
Landscape elements
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Rock formations
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Rock formations 01
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Vajra-rock promontories, rock stacks and Mt Meru
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Vajra-rock promontories and cliff faces
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Various landscape elements
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Foliage around rock formations
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Simulacra forms in landscape
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Stylistic representations of water
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Turbulent water
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Waterfalls
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Flame formations
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Flame formations 01
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Flame formations, haloes and aureoles
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Flame aureoles and haloes
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Symmetrical flame aureoles as mountains of fire
Makara-tail aureoles as rosaries of light
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Cumulus and cirrus cloud formations
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Cumulus, cloud streets and mares-tail clouds
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Mares-tail and swirling cirrus clouds
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Cloud formations, horizontal cloudbanks and cloud streets
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Cloud formations in mountainous landscapes
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Cloud thrones
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Rainbow phenomena
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CHAPTER 2: FLOWERS AND TREES
Lotuses and water lilies
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Lotus thrones
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Lotus thrones 01
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Stylised peony and chrysanthemum blossoms
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Flowers, buds and leaves
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Compostion of flowers, buds, fruit and leaves
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Flower buds
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Leaves
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Various trees (willow, mango, aloewood, etc.)
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Various trees 01 (fig, peach, sandalwood, etc.)
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Various trees 02 (cypress, fig, peony, bamboo, etc.)
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Various trees 03 (palm, banana, plantain, peony, etc.)
Various trees 04 (mango, sandalwood, fig, pine, etc)
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Entwining trees, leaf and flower roundels
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Stylised leaf and fruit clusters
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CHAPTER 3: ANIMALS
The windhorse and the 4 supernatural creatures
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Dragons
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The garuda
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The makara
Kirtimukha, the face of glory
The nagas
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The three victorious creatures of harmony
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Various domestic and wild animals
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Animal heads
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Tiger, leopard, snow-lion and horse
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Elephants
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Deer
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Birds
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Water birds
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The six-ornament throne of enlightenment
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CHAPTER 4: NARRATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS
The four friends
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Shou-lao (symbols of longevity) & the Four Friends
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The six symbols of longevity (in Tibetan style)
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Diagram of shamatha meditation practice
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CHAPTER 5: COSMOLOGY
Cosmology of Mt Meru
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The Mt Meru mandala offering
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The thirty-seven heaps of the mandala offering
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The Tibetan astrological diagram
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Astrological symbols
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The all-powerful syllables of the Kalachakra
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Variations of Kalachakras all-powerful syllables
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The eight great stupas
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Construction grid of the enlightenment stupa
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The Buddha image and the stupa
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The Hindu Kundalini-yoga, chakra system
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The Buddhist channel-wheel system
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CHAPTER 6: MUDRAS
Mudras made by combining both hands
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Single hand mudras
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Hands holding ritual implements
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Footprints, handprints and foot postures
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CHAPTER 7: THE CHAKRAVARTIN AND HIS SEVEN
PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS
The seven precious possessions
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The seven precious possessions 01
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The seven secondary possessions and insignias
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Jewel heaps and the seven insignia
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CHAPTER 8: AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS
The eight auspicious symbols
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The eight auspicious symbols 01
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Variations on the eight auspicious symbols
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The parasol or umbrella
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The victory banner
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Treasure vases, pennants, banners and flags
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The conch shell
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The golden wheel
The wheel and deer emblem
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The eight auspicious substances
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Offering bowls with eight auspicious substances
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The peaceful offering of the five senses
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Offering of sight - the mirror
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Offering of sound - musical instruments
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Offerings of touch - taste and smell
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CHAPTER 9: VARIOUS PEACEFUL OFFERINGS, JEWELS
AND RITUAL IMPLEMENTS
The seven offering bowls
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Alms bowls, offering bowls and vases
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Jewels and gemstones
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Gzi stones
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The Buddhist rosary
Rudrakasha beads
Plant and grain attributes
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Ritual vases and assorted ritual implements
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Assorted ritual implements
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The possessions of an ordained monk
Monastic and ceremonial musical instruments
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Peaceful offerings and ritual objects
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CHAPTER :10: THE WHEEL OF SHARP WEAPONS
The nine-pronged vajra
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The various forms of the vajra
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Vajras, crossed-vajras and vajra-chains
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The vishvavajra
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The vishvavajra 01
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The ritual bell
The ritual dagger
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The khatvanga or tantric staff
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The khatvanga or tantric staff 01
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The hand drum and the thigh-bone trumpet
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The curved-knife and chopper
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The skull-cup
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The bow
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Arrows, divination arrows and mirrors
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Flower bows and arrows
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Various swords
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The trident pike, caduceus, dart, water-knife etc.
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The spear or lance
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The trident
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Tally-sticks, clubs, skull-topped clubs, etc.
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Maces, clubs, forked-sticks, ploughs, etc.
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Skeletons and skeleton-clubs, etc.
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Snares and iron chains
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The shield, discus or chakra, etc.
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Axes, iron hooks and elephant goads
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Miscellaneous ritual implements and weapons
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The five magical weapons of Palden Lhamo, etc.
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CHAPTER 11: WRATHFUL OFFERINGS, TORMAS,
AND RITUAL FIRE HEARTHS
Dismembered body parts, etc.
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Flayed skin friezes, carrion birds, corpses etc.
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Tiger and leopardskin dhotis, etc.
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Skulls and skull offerings
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Thread crosses, tormas, ransom offerings
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The wrathful offering of the five senses
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The inner offering
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An assembly of weapons and wrathful offerings
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Designs for the homa fire hearths employed in rituals of pacification and increase
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Designs for the homa fire hearths employed in rituals of subjugation
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A variation of the square hearth design
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CHAPTER 12: GEOMETRIC BORDERS, PATTERNS, DESIGNS AND MOTIFS
Composite Chinese pictograph
Geometric border designs
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Meander and endless knot designs
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Borders of interlocking chains, knots, squares and swastikas
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Repeating knot and swastika patterns and borders
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Repeating swastika borders and patterns
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Endlessly repeating swastika patterns
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Repeating swastika patterns
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Knots and border designs
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Swastika and endless knot borders
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Endless knots
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Endless knots 01
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Knots, juii symbols and syllables
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Chinese shou or longevity symbols
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Various Chinese symbols and trigrams
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Armour and chain-mail designs
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Border designs and linear brocade patterns
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Geometric border designs 01
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Brocade pattern designs
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Makara-tail scrolls and crests
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Repeating lotus or peony flower designs
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Repeating vajra and lotus designs
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Repeating vajra and bell upon lotus designs
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Repeating sword and book upon a lotus
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Old Book - Image 01
Old Book - Image 02
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Old Book - Image 03
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Old Book - Image 04
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Old Book - Image 05
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Old Book - Image 06
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Old Book - Image 07
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Old Book - Image 08
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Old Book - Image 09
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