I have recently seen a Khmer early 8th century stone sculpture of
Harihara, where the one remaining hand, the proper upper right, is
holding Vishnu's chakra rather than the trident or other attribute of
Shiva. Aberrant iconography is not that unusual in Khmer sculpture but
this is the first Khmer example of this form I have seen in stone,
although most surviving examples in stone have lost their arms. (There
are two Sukhothai bronzes in the Bangkok National Museum and a 12th C.
bronze identified as Harihara in the National Museum in Phnom Penh that
have the same characteristic). I would be grateful if anyone who has
seen another example, or knows of a text that mentions it, would let me
know.
