102 Haraprasad Shastri — Antiquities of the Tantras. [Aug., 1900.] 



identical. This identification introduced a female deity into the Buddhist 

 Tiinity and she at once became the mother of all Bodhisattvas, beings 

 representing the sangha or the Buddhist congregation. In a MS. in 

 the Durbar library belonging to the Kalacakra School I subsequently 

 saw illustrations of Buddha and Prajna in the unspeakable situation 

 begetting Bodhisattvas. This information led to the explanation of 

 many facts and symbolisms unexplained before. Buddhism subsequently 

 became closely allied to ^akfci worship and its later development ran 

 in parallel lines with that of ^akti cult. 



