Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c8.141

v1.c8.141

*Kaṭaka-hasta* or *siṃha-karṇa* is that pose of the hand wherein the tips of the fingers are loosely applied to the thumb so as to form a ring or, as somewhat poetically expressed by the latter name, so as to resemble a lion's ear (see Pl. V, figs. 7 and 8). The hands of goddesses are generally fashioned in this manner for the purpose of inserting a fresh flower every day in them. This is also the manner in which one of the hands of a standing or a reclining figure of Viṣṇu is fashioned.