The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c12.s9.4

c12.s9.4

“The worshipper should think himself as god Mañjukumāra, who is three-faced and six-armed, of red Kuṅkuma, colour. His right and left faces have (respectively) the blue and white colour. He is seated on an animal. His three right hands hold the sword, the arrow and the Varada pose, while the three left carry the Prajñāpāramitā, blue Utpala and the bow. He is decked in princely ornaments and dress as befitting the Śṛṅgāra (amour) sentiment he displays. He wears the three rags of a mendicant, which are richly decorated with various kinds of flowers. His body is composed of the particles of the Tathāgatas......Thus meditating...”