The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c24.4

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4. Harihariharivāhana Lokeśvara. Lowermost is the snake, on it is the lion, over the lion is Garuḍa, Nārāyaṇa rides Garuḍa, and on his shoulder sits Lokeśvara. The Garuḍa has two hands in the Añjali mudrā. Nārāyaṇa has four hands, of which the first pair is engaged in forming the Añjali against the chest; while the second pair has the Cakra in the right hand and the Gadā in the left. Lokeśvara sits in Vajraparyaṅka and has six arms; the right hands show the rosary, the Cakra and the Varada pose, while the three left carry the Triḍaṇḍī, the noose and the Utpala.