South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c12.s2.33

c12.s2.33

KUBĒRA. Kubēra, the lord of the north and the god of treasures, is a fat, ugly person as his name implies, but serene or self-satisfied and rides on a horse (fig. 152). Hēmādri describes him as riding on a man with his wife Riddhi¹ seated on his left thigh. He is the chief of the demi-gods called Yakshas and Kinnaras. Two treasures personified, viz., Sankhanidhi and Padmanidhi, are supposed to attend upon him on either side. He is the friend of Siva the lord of the adjoining north-east quarter.