Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s3.60

v2.c75.s3.60

5. **Emanations of Akṣobhya :—**are plentiful and are consisted of gods as well as goddesses. Among the Dhyāni Buddhas he has the largest emanations, because he is the earliest to enter into the pantheon. His blue colour is taken to represent his terrific nature and so it is associated with the terrible deities in the S. M. and with the gruesome rites in the Tantra. Sri Bhattacharya says “The deities emanating from this Dhyāni Buddha have generally the blue colour and they are usually terrible both in appearance and in deeds. Excepting perhaps Jambhāla all other male emanations of Akṣobhya have terrible appearance with distorted face, bare fangs, three eyes, protruding tongue, garland of heads and skulls, the tiger-skin and ornament of the snakes.”