Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s3.40
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s3.40
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As regards their iconographical traits they take both standing and sitting attitudes on a full blown lotus and usually as holding in each hand a long stem of the same plant on which is placed the crest of his Dhyāni. Each is covered by a robe, the upper part is covered by a scarf. The hair is cut short, on the head is a jewelled tiara which bears in the centre the effigy of that Buddha to whom the Boddhisattva owes its existence’—Bhattacharya. A characteristic illustration representing them in bronze, hails from the UVahal at Patan in Nepal.