The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c13.s3.9

c13.s3.9

“The worshipper should think himself as the god (Khasarpaṇa) from whose body radiate rays of a crore of moons. He wears the Jaṭāmukuṭa (crown of matted hair), holds the image of Amitābha on his head, and sits on the moon over a double lotus in the Ardhaparyaṅka attitude. He is decked in all sorts of ornaments, has a smiling face, is aged about twice eight years, exhibits the Varada pose in the right hand, and holds the lotus with a stem in the left. He is an expert in distributing the stream of nectar that flows from his hand, and Sūcīmukha who stands below with an uplifted face, a protruding belly and very pale appearance receives the same. He resides in the womb of the mount Poṭalaka, looks beautiful with compassion, is full of the sentiment of Śṛṅgāra (amour), is extremely peaceful and is endowed with various auspicious marks