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Brahmanical Lakshmi has her counterpart in the Indian Buddhist pantheon. In Buddhism, she is known as Vasudhara. She is regarded as the consort of Jambhala. Vasudhara bears the miniature figure of Ak sobhya or Ratnasambhava on her crown. Shie 2 1. Development of Hindu Iconography p. 140. 2. Nispannayogavali., p. 62.

- 37 is generally described as two-armed. She is represented either as standing or seated. She is decorated with ornaments and accompanied by her attendants. Her complexion is yellow. She holds in her left hand the ears of corn with the vessel that showers gems, while she exhibits the Varada-mudra in her right hand. Sometimes she is represented as having one face and six arms. In six-handed form she holds book, ears of corn and water-vessel in her three hands. The other three hands exhibit the Namaskara, and the Varada mudra. In the Brahmanical concept the goddess of wealth is called sri or Laksmi and is well represented in the numistatic, glyptic and sculptural arts of ancient and early medieval India. Different Brahmanical iconographic texts variously define the goddess a's two- or four- and sometimes multi-armed. But the two-armed variety is more popular in India. The texts describe her attributes either as the lotus flower, a wood-apple, a conch shell or a pot of nector etc. Sometimes she is described as eighteen-armed. In such representation, she holds rosary, hatchet, club, arrow, thunderbolt, lotus, bow, small pitcher, staff, spear, sword, shield, bell and wine cup. Almost all texts describe the goddess as dressed in heavenly garments and gorgeous ornaments. In different sculptures of India Sri Laksmi is depicted in different ways. In some representations she is depicted as being bathed by the two-elephants. This aspect of Laksmi is

38 known as Gaja-Laksmi. In the Kailasa temple of Ellora there is a representation of Gaja-Laksmi. Here the goddess is bathed by the elephants. She is seated on a lotus inside a lotus pond, and there are other celestial attendants by her sides.