Simhanada — the “Lion's Roar” form of Avalokiteshvara — is shown white in colour with one face and two hands, seated in ease upon a lotus borne on the back of a green-maned lion before an ornate palace. His right hand rests over the knee in the gesture of granting refuge; his left, on a moon disc, holds the stem of a red lotus crowned by a blue sword of wisdom. A krishnasara deer skin drapes his left shoulder. Beside him stand a trident entwined with a white snake and a skullcup of fragrant flowers. Above appear the Buddha Nagaraja and the master Nagarjuna, both sheltered by canopies of hooded serpents, while the eight great nagas gather in homage in the pool below.
