The Development of Hindu Iconography c8.52

c8.52

² Both these dhyānas contain descriptions of the four-handed images of Sūrya; two hands hold lotus flowers while the other two are shown in the abhaya and varada poses. Four-handed Sūrya images, though rare, are not absolutely unknown. Āgamavāgīśa appears to have lived in the 16th or 17th century.