Marichi

Standing in pratyalidha posture on a chariot drawn by seven pigs, the figure of Marichi is four-faced, the left one being that of a sow. The Buddhist goddess of solar energy holds in her eight hands a vajra, a sara, a suchi, the tarjanipasa, the asoka pallava, a dhanus, an ankusa and a sutra. She is accompanied by four female attendants, a pair each in the lower and upper sections. Dhyani Buddha Vairochana is on the top of the stele, on which are carved flames. Rahu, one of the nine planets, is seen in the center of the pedestal while a female charioteer stands behind him. The figure follows the description of Ashtabhuja Marichi as found in the Sadhanamala.