28 naksatra-vehicles-------------28 brain-sections---------------27 lunar animals (backwards)
12. yak |
1. yak |
1. ox |
14. serpent |
2. serpent |
|
15. lightning |
23. lightning |
|
18. dragon |
21. dragon |
|
3. leopard |
18. leopard |
|
20. lion |
17. lion |
|
4. monkey |
15. baboon |
|
22. brown bear |
6. bear |
13. bear |
25. goat |
11. nanny goat |
|
ANMVVN |
TBD, p. 146 |
JDS, Table 37 |
ANMVVN = "As.t.avim.s`ati-Naks.atrabhis.eka-Man.d.ala-Vidhi-Vajravarmin.i-Nama." In:-- Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, ed. by G. P. Malalasekera. Gvnmt. of Ceylon, 1967. Vol 2, p. 267.
TBD = Kazi Dawa-Samdup (transl.): The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Oxford U. Press.
JDS = Joe D. Stewart, PhD diss.
28 naks.atra-vehicles-----------------------------------------------------------Yogini-s
2. fish |
19. fish |
3. ass |
21. donkey |
4. ox |
22. buffalo |
5. Garud.a |
24. Garud.a |
ANMVVN |
YC&T, p. 206 |
YC&T = Vidya Dehejia: Yogini Cult and Temples. National Museum, New Delhi, 1986.