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A samatala corridor ceiling in the Lunavasähi temple, with four goddesses seated in lalitäsana, two four-armed and two six-armed. The fourarmed goddesses are identified as as and Manavi, and the other two
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as Mänas! and Gaurl. The centre of the ceiling has full-blown lotus, with two rows of petals, and four kirttimukhas in the corners.
cakras in her upper hands and a fruit in one of the lower, and making varadamudra with the other.
There are many variations of the image of Cakreśvari. An eleventh century image, now in Deogarh Museum in Uttar Pradesh, shows Cakreśvarī with twenty arms. She sits on a lotus on the head of garuda. Above her is seated jina flanked by garland-bearers. Her various arms hold a rosary, a sword, a conch, a snake in addition to the items above.
In the Vimalavasahi temple, the eight-armed Cakreśvari is seated in lalitäsana posture, flanked by two female cauri bearers. She is mounted on a garuda. In her four arms on the left she bears goad, disc, vajra, and a bow; in her four arms on the right, she has a noose, a disc, an arrow, and a varadamudra. On top there is a panel of celestial musicians, and on the lower level there are two small figures of worshippers.
An eight-armed image of yakṣi Cakreśvarī is on a corridor ceiling in Lunavasähi temple. Sitting in lalitasana, she carries a ring, abhayamudra, a disc and varadamudra in her right hands, and a ring, jñānamudra, a disc and a matulunga in her left hands. Her mount garuda is represented in the zoomorphic form below her right folded foot.
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