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Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s3.35

Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s3.35

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v2.c75.s3.35

and they are affiliated to the six Dhayānī Buddhas and are represented (not very widely and rarely in full form) in the Stūpa (only in their symbols or the yantras on a slab in a niche) occupying the corners intermediate between the four cardinal points. They take mostly lalitāsana on a full blown lotus with emblems of lotuses and the characteristic poses of abhaya etc. Their colours and the vāhanas partake of their consorts.