The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c15.t2.8
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c15.t2.8
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The image ( Fig. 125 ) discovered by Mr. N. K. Bhattasali and deposited in the Dacca Museum, agrees in all details with the description given above. Though the hands are broken it can yet be discerned that the right wielded the Vajra and the left carried the Kapāla against the chest. The attitude in which he stands is called the dancing attitude in Ardhaparyaṅka. His head-dress in decorated with five skulls and the effigy of Akṣobhya. The Khaṭvāṅga has an overflowing banner attached to it, and at the end of the banner small bells can be seen.