The Development of Hindu Iconography c8.41

c8.41

² *Yoga, bhoga, vīra* and *abhicārika*, according to the particular kind of result desired by the worshipper; *sthānaka, āsana* and *śayana*,—this division being based on the different modes in which the principal figure is shown; lastly, *uttama, madhyama* and *adhama*, according to the number of accessory figures in the composition clustering round the central figure. T. A. G. Rao, *Elements of Hindu Iconography*, Vol. I, Pt. I, pp. 78-80.