Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s3.73

v2.c75.s3.73

As regards *Ucchuşm-Jambhāla*, ‘he stands in Pratyālīḍha attitude with his left leg stretched forward on the forehead of Kubera while the right tramples upon his two legs. He has a terrible appearance with protruding belly, bare fangs and the ornaments of snakes. He holds the kapāla full of blood, against his breast and looks eagerly towards it with his three eyes’. ‘A unique image has been described by Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni in the Museum Catalogue under No. B (e) 1. In terms of the Sādhana the image should bear on its crown either the image of Akṣobhya or of Ratnasambhava, but neither of them is to be found. It is Amitābha, who is there. We cannot, however, reject the identification on this ground only: for dressed in celestial garments and ornaments, the Hindu God, Kubera, lying flat on the ground, is pressed down by the two heavy legs of Ucchūṣma and vomits out all the jewels he had in his stomach’—Bhattacharya.