Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c7.8

v1.c7.8

Image worship seems to have become common in the time of Yāska. In his *Nirukta* he says, “We are now to consider the forms of the gods. One mode of representation in the hymn makes them resemble men; for, they are praised and addressed as intelligent beings. They are also celebrated with limbs such as those of men.”