38 G. A. Grierson— Image of the Buddha found at Bajagrha. [No. 1, 
bondage. Slie is wliite, a colour which is symbolical of perfect purity. 
She is gained by the practice of the Sutra , the Vinaya and the Abhi- 
dharma. 
“ Tara the Green, represents the Qakti, or Prakrti, the green nature 
symbolising the divine energy, or Diva Natura. Figuratively, she is mar¬ 
ried to Yajrapani Bodhisattva, the symbolical purusa. It is therefore held 
in the Mantrayana (Tantrik) section of Mahayana Buddhism, that when 
a man has studied or perceived the true secrets of nature, i.e., the all- 
pervading law of procreation, being duly initiated into the mystical 
doctrine taught by Vajrapani, under miraculous inspiration of the 
Buddha, while in the sambhogakaya t he will become one with a holy 
woman or goddess, and in that union vanish for ever from worldly 
existence, and enter into Nirvana .” 
The inscription at the foot of the image is the ordinary Buddhist 
creed. 
