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Buddha '''Shikhin''' (Skt. ''Śikhin''; [[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 [[vitraka mudra]] of victorious argument.
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.


[[Category: Buddhas and Deities]]
[[Category: Buddhas and Deities]]

Latest revision as of 03:11, 24 November 2017

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.