The deity is usually depicted with one head and two arms, though a few portrayals show him with multiple heads, arms or legs. In Japan, a depiction of Acala with four arms is employed in subjugation rituals and earth-placating rituals (安鎮法, "anchin-hō"); this four-armed form is identified in one text as "the lord of the various categories gods." An iconographic depiction known as the "Two-Headed Rāgarāja" (両頭愛染, "Ryōzu Aizen" or "Ryōtō Aizen") shows Acala combined with the wisdom king Rāgarāja (Aizen).