following the discoveries of numerous older artworks and texts. Origins The origins of Mārīcī are obscure. She appears to be an amalgamation of Indic, Iranian, and non-Indo-Iranian solar goddesses. She is also thought to have originated from the Vedic goddess Uṣas, the Vedic goddess of the dawn. She also shares some similarities with Surya, the solar God.[Source?] In her martial or warrior depictions, she shares some similarities with Durga, as both appear with multiple arms carrying various weapons while riding an animal or chariot. Iconography Mārīcī is depicted in several ways. Some examples included: As a man or woman on an open lotus, the lotus occasionally is perched on the back of seven sows. As a male deity, often with two or six arms, riding a boar. Riding a fiery chariot pulled by seven savage boars or sows. As a multi-armed woman with a different weapon in each hand, standing or sitting on the back of a boar. As having three faces and six or eight arms. In Tibetan literature, the Bari Gyatsa contains five different descriptions of Mārīcī: Oḍḍiyāna Mārīcī Kalpa Ukta Mārīcī Kalpa Ukta Vidhinā Sita Mārīcī Aśokakāntā Mārīcī Oḍḍiyāna Krama Mārīcī The Drub Tab Gyatso has six descriptions: White with five faces and ten hands Yellow with three faces and eight hands Yellow with three faces and eight hands Dharmadhātu Īśvarī, red with six faces and twelve hands Picumī, yellow with three faces and eight hands Red with three faces and twelve hands The Nartang Gyatsa and Rinjung of Taranata describe one form. The Vajravali and Mitra Gyatsa describe a mandala of Mārīcī that includes twenty-five surrounding figures. This is not an exhaustive list, and many more depictions of Mārīcī exist throughout the Buddhist world. In Tibetan Buddhism Three texts are preserved in the Kriya Tantra of the Tibetan Kangyur in which Mārīcī (Tibetan: Ozer Chenma) is the primary subject: The Incantation of Mārīcī (Skt. ārya mārīcī nāma dhāraṇī, Wyl. 'phags ma 'od zer can zhes bya ba'i gzungs, D 564) The Sovereign Practices Extracted from the Tantra of Māyāmārīcī (Skt. Māyāmārīcījāta tantrād uddhitaṃ kalparājā, Wyl. sgyu ma'i 'od zer can 'byung ba'i rgyud las phyung ba'i rtog pa'i rgyal po’’, D 565) The Seven Hundred Practices of Mārīcī from the Tantras (Skt. ārya mārīcī maṇḍalavidhi mārīcījāta dvādaśasahasra uddhitaṃ kalpa hṛdaya saptaśata, Wyl. ‘phags ma 'od zer can gyi dkyil 'khor gyi cho ga 'od zer can