Shikhin

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Buddha Shikhin (Skt. Śikhin; Tib. གཙུག་ཏོར་ཅན་, tsuktor chen, Wyl. gtsug tor can) — the second of the seven heroic buddhas. He has a head protuberance (gtsug tor) topped by a jewel and is usually depicted with his left hand in the meditation mudra, and his right hand displaying the vitarka mudra of victorious argument.