The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c13.s3.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c13.s3.2
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Khasarpaṇa is described in a number of Sādhanas in the Sādhanamālā, which fact points to his popularity. The peculiar feature of this god is that he is invariably accompanied by the four divinities Tārā, Sudhanakumāra, Bhṛkuṭī and Hayagrīva. The principal figure is the same as Lokanātha, two-armed, and one faced, carrying the same symbol and exhibiting the same Mudrā; the difference lies in the fact that Lokanātha has only two companions, Tārā and Hayagrīva while Khasarpaṇa has two in addition, namely, Bhṛkuṭī and Sudhanakumāra. He is of white complexion, and sits either in the Lalita or the Ardhaparyaṅka attitude. Below is given a somewhat lengthy Dhyāna describing the god :—