Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c11.s3.2
Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c11.s3.2
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v1.c11.s3.2
PURUSHA is described in the *Vaikhānāsāgama* as an *āvaraṇadēvatā*, that is, as a deity whose image is placed in one of the circuit round the central shrine. The position allotted for the image of Purusha is on the east in the first *āvaraṇa*; and the image should be so placed as to be facing the east. The colour of this image should be white and that of its garment yellow. It should have on its sides the images of Śrīdēvī and Mēdinīdēvī respectively.