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Symbols
Mudra
Vehicle
Colour
Asana
Hands
Faces
Misc.
Other forms
EKAJATA
Knife, skull-cup R.h.-knife L.h.-skull-cup
Blue
Right foot raised (pratyalidha)
Two
One
Looks terrible
(1) Four-armed: R.h.-arrow, sword L.h.-bow, skull (2) Eight-armed: R.h.-sword, arrow, vajra, knife
L.h.-bow, lotus, battleaxe, skull
DHYANI BUDDHA AKSOBHYA-HIS EMANATIONS (Contd.)
VIDYUJVALAKARALI
R.h.-sword, vajra, wheel, jewel, goad, arrow, dart, mudgara, wooden pestle, knife, drum, rosary. L.h.-bow, noose, tarjani, banner, mace, trident. wine glass, lotus, bell, battleaxe, Brahma's skull-cup
GODDESSES
Twelve
Protruding tongue. Looks terrible. Wears garland of skulls, ornaments of snake
PARNASABARI (Fig. 37)
Indra, Brahmä, Vishnu. Šiva Vighnas (Ganesa)
Blue
Yellow
Right foot raised (pratyalidha)
Right foot raised (pratyalidha)
Twenty-one
SITAPRAJNAPARAMITA
R.h.-vajra, battle-axe. R.h.-red lotus
arrow
book
L.h.-tarjani with noose, cluster of leaves, bow
Six
Three
Decked in ornaments. Jaţa crown with flowers. Image of Aksobhya in crown
Lotus & book
L..-Prajnaparamita
White
Adamantine pose (vajraparyanka)
Two
One
Decked in ornaments. Beautiful face, pleasant expression
PITAPRAJNAPARAMITA
Book on lotus to the left
Preaching attitude with two hands. On left a lotus, on a book
Yellow
Adamantine pose
Two
One
Aksobhya in jata crown
KANAKAPRAJNAPARAMITA
Book on lotus on two sides
Dharmachakra pose
Golden
Adamantine pose
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