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Goddess Acchuptoi seated in Manavi lalitasana on her horse mount, on corridor ceiling She sits on a lotus and her hands show varadamudrā, in the Vimalavasahi temple.
rosary, and a bough of a tree. The sixteen-armed goddess is " accompanied on each side by
Mānasi a cauri-bearer. Above her are hovering vidyadharas show
There are two versions of this vidyādevi: in one, she rides a swan ering abhiseka water on the goddess or playing music. and bears the attributes of varada and vajra. In another, she sits Below is seen a band of lo- on a lion and has varadamudrā, vajras and rosary in her hands. tus scrolls that issue from the mouth of a kirttimukha Vairoty, carved in the centre.
वैरोर्टी श्यामवर्णामजगरवाहनां। चतुर्भुजां खड्गोरगालङ्कृतदक्षिणकरां खेटकाहियुतवामकराम्।
-Nirvāņakalikā Vairotyă rides a snake and carries in her hands a sword, snakes and a shield. She is depicted on a corridor ceiling in Vimalavasāhi, in a Devakulikā, with sixteen arms, riding a snake below a stool on which she sits in lalitasana. In her right hands she carries a snake, a disc, trisüla, noose, sword, vajraghantă and varadamudra. In her left hands she has a snake, a shield, a danda, a lotus, vajra, a snake and a pitcher. Her two other hands rest on the head of a näga and a nāgin, who are depicted with their hands in anjali
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