In this sutra, the "sadaksari mahavidya" (six syllabled great "vidya") also appears as a goddess, “autumn yellow” in color, with four arms, with two arms holding a lotus and prayer beads, and the other two in anjali mudra. According to Studholme, these features are similar to the way the mantra "Om nama shivaya" is depicted in Shaiva texts, since "both are concise "vidyas", the "hrdayas" of their respective "isvaras", sui generis means of attaining liberation, universally available, though of rare value and somewhat secret. Both are also, it has been argued, conceived of as forms of "pranava" [divine sound."