Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c6.3

v1.c6.3

*Chhannavira.* Chhannavira is an ornament which may be rightly called a double *yajñōpavīta*. In this, two *yajñōpavītas* thrown one on each shoulder, pass through the middle of the chest, where they are connected with the *urassūtra* or the chest-band, and reach as far below as the *yōni* or the public region, from which they turn to the back and thence to the shoulders.† (See the figures of Rama and Lakshmaṇa on Pl. LV and of Varaha in figure 1, Pl. XXXIX).