The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.357

v2.c17.s1.357

The third is Kaumārī, wife of Kumāra or Kārtika, the god of war. She is a handsome woman with a single face and four arms and having a peacock for her vehicle. She is described to be six-faced, fierce-eyed, red-complexioned and twelve-armed, mounted on a peacock and holding by the right hands, a spear, a flag, a staff, the sign of blessing, a bow and an arrow, and by the left a bow, a bell, a lotus, a fowl, a battle axe and the sign of encouragement.