A nava-vaishravaNa-maNDala of the Buryat Mongols depicting him in the realm of vishravas or alakApuri
Some details: One of the nine kubera-s with the two siddha-s matsyendra and sharahapAda/saroruhavajra. for latter:
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The 2 siddha-s are nAgArjuna (the drAviDa-s call him pAmbATTi: similar iconoraphy) & kR^iShNAcharya with 2 of the 9 vaishravaNa-s.
The 3 rectangles showing the mahAgiri-s or great mountains of rAjAdhirAja -- a tradition going back to the taittirIya-shruti. below them are the nidhi-s of the elephant and the horse: The former transposed to the distant Buryatia.
In between the elephant and the tiger-skin shield and sword is the one who has attained vidyAdhara status like naravAhana-datta of bR^ihatkatha through kauberasiddhi.
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