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DHYANI BUDDHA AKSOBHYA-HIS EMANATIONS (Contd.)
VIGHNANTAKA
VAJRAHUNKARA
BHUTADAMARA
VAJRAJVALANALARKA
Symbols
Thunderbolt & bell
Thunderbolt & tarjan mudra
Tarjanipasa (tarjani with noose) & thunderbolt R.I.-thunderbolt L.h.noose held by index finger
Mudra
Two hands locked in the vajrahünkara mudră hold thunderbolt & bell
R.I.-thunderbolt. L.h.-tarjanl mudrā Makes bhutadămara mudra with two hands
R.I.--thunderbolt, sword, wheel, arrow
L.1.-bell, bow, noose and ritual wand
Vehicle
siva
Aparajita
Vishyu and his wife
Asana
Right foot raised (pratyalidha)
Right foot raised (pratyalidha)
With left foot raised (alidha)
Colour
Blue
Black
Blue
Hands
Two
Four
Eight
Faces
Four
Misc.
Tramples upon Bhairava Lcoks terrible
Looks angry. Decked in serpent ornaments
Other forms
(1) Three-faced, six-armed: With two principal hands holos vajra & ghanţă. Other hands hold goad, noose, skull-cup & ritual wand
NOTE : Except for Jambhala, all the male emanations of Aksobhya are terrific in appearance, with twisted and fanged faces, protruding tongues, blood-shot
eyes, etc. They wear ornaments made up of snakes and garlands of skulls.
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