Buddhist Deity: Tara Number Sets
Tara IconographyTara Number Sets:
- Description (below)
- Single Deity Tara (numerous)
- Two Deity Tara (Day/night)
- Three Deity Tara (numerous systems)
- Five Deity Tara (2 systems, minimum. Sadhansagara & Rinjung)
- Eight Fears Tara (numerous systems)
- Eleven Deity Tara (Vajravali)
- Thirteen Deity Tara (Vajravali, Rinjung)
- Seventeen Deity Tara (Suryagupta)
- Nineteen Deity Vajra Tara (Mitra Gyatsa)
- Twenty-one Taras (5 systems, minimum)
- Twenty-five Deity Tara (Samaya Yogini)
- Others...
Video: Tara Number Sets
The most common forms and systems of the meditational deity Arya Tara are the single figure, three figure, eight figure and twenty-one figure configurations. There are a number of different mandala configurations for Vajra Tara originating with the Vajra Panjara Tantra. There are at least two systems of a five figure Green Tara configuration. The Eight Fears Tara can be represented by Green Tara or White Tara.
Jeff Watt 7-2022
(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).
