The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c10.s3.4
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c10.s3.4
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c10.s3.4
Akṣobhya originates from the blue syllable Hūṃ which is placed on the orb of the sun. He is two-armed and one-faced, exhibits the Bhūsparśa (earth-touching) mudrā and sits in the Vajraparyaṅka (adamantine seat) pose. He represents the primordial cosmic element of Vijñāna ( consciousness ). He is the embodiment of the Vajra family and represents the winter season, noon-time, pungent taste, faculty of hearing, the element of Ether and Sound and the Ca (palatal) group of letters”.