468 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1907. 



M. Fouclier's book quotes a Sadhana lu which the Lokanatha has 



only two arms : — 



"Namo Lokanathaya 

 Purvavat Kramayogena Lokanatham S'asiprabhain 



Hrih-Kara-ksarasaiiibhutam Jatauiukutamanditaih 

 Vajradharmajatantahstham-asesaroganasanam 



Varadam daksine haste vame padmadharam tatha 

 Lalitaksepasamstham tu Mahasaumajam prabhasvaraih, 



etc;' 1 



Translation. — ^* Om adoration to Lokanatha. In the same 

 order as before one should meditate upon Lokanatha bright as the 

 moon, evolved out of the mystic syllable hrib> decorated with a 

 crown of clotted hair, bearing in the midst of clotted hair Vajra- 

 dharma (a name of Amitabha), the curer of all diseases without 

 ■exception, offering boon by his right hand and holding a lotus in 

 the left, assuming the Lalita posture, exceedingly bright and hand- 

 some, etc." 



The last seal is oval in shape but one of its extremities has 

 been shaped into a point* Tt measures 3f inches by 2^ inches. 

 The impression on the obverse is very shallow. It represents a 

 woman seated on a lotus with one foot tucked under her, while 

 the other dangles from the lotus. It has two arms. The right 

 hand is in the Varada Mudra, Avhile the left holds a round object- 

 Behind the figure the back of the throne is clearly visible, while 

 over her head appears a garland. Similar garlands are placed in 

 the arches of the shrines of Nepal and Burma. This figure coin- 

 cides well with the description of Mahattari-Tara in the Sadhana 

 MSS :— 



Taram Syamam Dvibhujarb Daksine Varadam Vame Sana- 

 lendivaradharam Sarvabharanabhusitam Padmacandrasane Par- 

 yankanisannam Vicintayet." * 



Translation. — " One ehould meditate upon Tara, black, with two 

 arms, offering a boon in the light and holding a blue lotus with its 

 €talk in the left hand, decorated with all ornaments, sitting cross- 

 legged, on a cushion made of the moon and a lotus." 



The round object in the left hand is most probably the lotus 



flower with its stalk (Sanalendivara). The only difference is that 



here the lady is not sitting cross-legged, but with one leg dangling 



from the seat. This is the correct posture of Tara as found in 

 Nepal.s 



On the reverse of the first seal there are five small impressions, 

 and on the reverse of this seal there ai^e two impressions consist- 

 ing of the votive formula ** Ye Dharma, etc.** 



* E'tude Sur L'lconographie Bonddhiqae de LTnde Deaiietne Partie, 

 p. 23. 



2 E'tude Sur L'Iconogaphie Bouddhique de L'Inde Denxieme Partie, 

 p. 64. The figure on this seal is exactly like that of Tara from the Indian 

 Museum reproduced in Foucher E'tude Premier partie, Fig. 23- See also the 

 seals from Sohtiag, J,R.A,S., 1900, p. 433, pi. V. 



S Oldlield's Sketches from Nipal, Vol. II, p. 172. 



