The Development of Hindu Iconography c13.44

c13.44

¹ *Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra* in connection with the installation of *citrajā* images, as quoted by Gopala Bhaṭṭa: *Yāvanti Viṣṇurūpāṇi surūpāṇiha lekhayet | Tāvadyugasahasrāṇi Viṣṇuloke mahīyate | Lepye citre Harirnityam sannidhānamupaiti hi | Tasmāt sarvaprayatnena lepya-citragatam yajet | Kāntibhūṣaṇabhāvādyāścitre yasmāt sphuṭam sthitāḥ | Ataḥ sännidhyamāyāti citrajāsu Janārddanaḥ | Tasmāccitrārccane puṇyam smṛtam śataguṇam budhaiḥ | Citrastham Puṇḍarīkākṣam savilāsam savibhramam | Dṛṣṭvā vimucyate pāpairjjanmakoṭīsuasañcitaiḥ | Tasmācchubhārthibhibhirdhīrairmahāpuṇya-jigīṣayā | Paṭasthah pūjanīyastu devo Nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ* (Haribhaktivilāsa, Bengal Edition, 1767 Sakābdā, p. 624).