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A fierce standing deity, three-headed, six-armed, and two-legged; supported by a partially submerged Nāga. All three heads have the ūrṇā, up-turning fangs, and heavy masses of hair. The coiffure is exceptionally tall, and is filled out by jeweled strands, skulls, and snakes. The dhotī is of cloth, partially covered by a tiger's skin (which in turn is partly concealed by a thick cloth girdle, tied in front). A long necklace, with a demon-mask medallion over the stomach; jeweled bracelets and anklets; a wildly swirling scarf, continuing the sense of motion created by a flaming wind-blown aureole. |
A fierce deity identifiable as Yamantaka, shown riding on a gallopping water-buffalo, surrounded by a wind-blown flame aureole. He has six heads, each with the ūrṇā (the one at the rear made visible by tilting it up as though it were a mask seen upside down). Snakes form his earrings, armlets, and anklets; the crown, necklace, and body jewelry are of gold. |
A standing, fierce deity with a single head and four arms, perhaps identifiable as the Lokapala of the South, Virūḍhaka, He has the ūrṇā and two up-turning fangs; a skull is prominent at the front of his headdress. Snakes writhe through his hair and serve as his earrings, bracelets, and anklets, while the superstructure of his crown, and his necklace, are shown as jeweled. He wears a brief tiger's skin dhotī with a cloth girdle and a long, billowing scarf; four severed human heads are tied to his waist in front. His two outer arms hold a trident wound about by a snake and impaling a small human head through the mouth (on his right), and a small damaru-type drum (on his left). The inner right hand holds what may be a noose partly hidden, and the inner left an unidentifiable object. There is a small, wind-blown flame halo. |