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Standing with slight flexion of the body the male figure displays thevarada mudraby the right hand and holds a lotus bud by its stalk in the left. The matted hair of the bejewelled figure is raised up with DhyaniBuddha Akshobhya on the crest. The figure is draped in a transparent lower garment, to which a scarf is tied with a knot. To the right of the figure is a kneeling female with folded hands and holding the stem of anutpalaissuing out of the pedestal. The presence of Akshobhya on the crest may justify the identification of the image with that of a form of Manjusri, the Buddhist god of transcendental wisdom and the nearest approximation is that of Siddhaikavira.