Forty-two peaceful deities
42
Recorded
Peaceful deities of the Bardo Thödol mandala
PaintingUnknown Tibetan artistPublic domain
The Tibetan Book of the Dead enumerates 42 peaceful deities (with 58 wrathful, totalling 100).
What it supports
A received iconographic count in Nyingma treasure literature.
What it does not
Not a Western 42.
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Form42
Unitdeities
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