Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c11.60

v1.c11.60

of by a right hand, and two other hands, one right and one left, should be lifted up to the ears of the image and be holding the drawn out entrails of Hiraṇyakaśipu in the form of a garland. The figure of Hiraṇyakaśipu should be sculptured so as to indicate that he has been attempting to kill his opponent, and be for this purpose armed with a sword and a shield. As if to appease the highly excited wrath of Narasimha while engaged in destroying this demon, Śrīdēvi, Bhūdēvi, Nārada with his vīṇā and Prahlāda with his hands in the añjali pose should all be shown as standing on his right and left. Above these should be sculptured Indra and the other Lōkapālas with their hands in the añjali pose.