This extremely detailed section of an aureole (mandorla) shows the animals which serve as the bottom "supports" for the traditional Indian royal throne. They are from the bottom up;
*elephant *lion *leogryph (Sanskrit: vyala)

Dancing on the leogryph's back is an exuberant figure, possibly a version of an Atlas figure with his arms held upwards as a support.

Of interest is the very bottom of he two support pillars which emanate from a "nectar-swirl" motif, in Tibetan the Dudtsi Kyil. This is shown as a swirl sitting atop a lotus and reoccurs periodically along the pillar.

More commonly the pillars emerge from a vase which contains the water of endless life.