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.