The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c10.s5.5
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c10.s5.5
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When represented, his colour is green and he always faces the North. His Vāhana is a pair of Garuḍas and his recognition symbol is the Viśvavajra or the double conventional thunderbolt. Sometimes a serpent with seven hoods forms the background and an umbrella. In front of his shrine, therefore, is found a small square pit which is meant for the snake