200 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [{N.S., XVIII, 
On the head there is.a diadem bearing five skulls, topped 
by ornaments, probably representing jewels. The ears have 
long earrings. 
The image is in its natural metal but the hair of both the 
god and the garuda are painted red. 
Though the god is of the fierce type his expression is 
fairly natural and not as hideous as in most Lamaistic ‘ fierce’ 
gods. He has a third eye, the so-called fierce eye, Raye a 
RAT or hon. al in addition to the definitions given by 
Griinwedel, Mythologie des Buddhismus, Leipzic, 1900, p. 
100, I am told 
flat palm of the hand, exhibits the dharmadanamudra, SAY 
a 
a4 STF; the finger position of religious gifts, the bestowal 
of religion. The figure to the tight holds up the arm ata 
right angle at the elbow, and joins the thumb and the middle 
finger, slightly bending the remaining fingers so that the hand 
is not perfectly flat. This seems the abhaya mudra, QEAIAT 
mA, the sign or gesture of fearlessness, safety or pro- 
tection. This is the opinion of some of my Tibetan friends. 
But some European friends disagree and name the two the 
vyakhyana and bharada mudras. Experts in iconography 
may perhaps be able to draw conclusions as to the identity of 
the figures from this detail. It should be considered whether 
there is a significance in the fact that these mudras are shown 
not in front of the figure, but hidden at the back, behind the 
legs, so that the act of service is evident and the symbol of 
religious action hidden. The two mudras seem the same as 
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