Buddhist Deity: Tara, Green (Minor Forms)
Green Tara IconographyMinor Forms of Green Tara:
- Description (below)
- Six Branches (Nyen Lotsawa)
- Four Deities (Kadam Tradition)
- Kapali Tara
- Tara (Shakyashri Bhadra)
- Peaceful by Day, Wrathful by Night
- Manidatta
- Tara & Kurukulla
- Rinjung Lhantab Compendium
- Others...
Other Forms:
- Non-standard Iconography
--- Relaxed Posture
--- Standing (Sculpture)
--- Teaching Gesture
The various forms of Green Tara listed above are considered separate from those of the Tara Removing the Eight Fears and the five or more systems of Twenty-one Taras.
The three principal forms of Green Tara are identified by [1] the hand in the gesture of giving, [2] the hand in the gesture of protection, and [3] the Three Deity Configuration.
Jeff Watt [updated 5-2017, 3-2020, 12-2021]
(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).
