The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c24.27
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c24.27
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c24.27
27. Brahmadanda Lokeśvara. He is one-faced and four-armed, sits in the Lalita attitude on a lotus, and is accompanied by his Śakti who sits on his lap. His two right hands show the Tridaṇḍi and the Varada pose, while the two left show the Ratnakalaśa (vessel containing jewels) and a mudrā with the index and little fingers pointing outwards. The Śakti displays the Varada pose in the right hand and the Abhaya in the left.