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DHYANI BUDDHA VAIROCANA-HIS EMANATIONS (Contd.)
MAHASAHASRAPRAMARDANI
VAJRAVARAHL
CUNDA (Pls. 169, 183, 184)
GRAHAMATRIKA
Symbols
Excrescence near the right ear
Book on lotus
Midra
R.J. ---sword, arrow and varada poseL..--bow, noose, battle-axe
Two hands hold bowl R.h.boon-giving pose L.H.-book on lotus
Preaching attitude with principal hands R..--thunderbolt, arrow L.H.---lotus, bow
Vehicle
Colour
White
Red
White
A sana
Dancing in ardhaparyarika
Admantine pose
Hands
Two or four
Two, four, sixteen, eighteen, or twenty-six
Six
Faces
One
One
Three
Misc.
Double thunderbolt on head
Decked in ornaments. Young and beautiful. Displays sentiment of love. Vairocana in crown
Other forms
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(1) Colour--Red
Appearance-Nude Asana-Pratyālidha Symbols-Vajra-tarjani &
skull-cup (2) Symbols ---Knife & skull-cup
Asana-Dancing in ardhaparyanka
Vehicle-Corpse lying on back (3) Appearance-Terrible
Arnis--Four Asana-Alidha
(1) Rosary & vase (2) R..-club (mudgara), knife
L.h.-lotus & staff (3) Sixteen-handed: R.h.-boon
giving pose, thunderbolt, discus, club, dagger, ?, rosary L.h.--vessel, axe, trident, bow, dagger, ?, sceptre
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