Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c8.152

v1.c8.152

In the *padmāsana* the two legs are kept crossed so that the feet are brought to rest upon the thighs (see Pl. V, fig. 17). In the *kūrmāsana*, the legs are crossed so as to make the heels come under the gluteals, while the *vīrāsana* requires the left foot to rest upon the right thigh and the left thigh upon the right foot. In the *bhadrāsana* the legs are crossed as in the *kūrmāsana*, and the right and the left big toes are caught hold of by the right and the left hands respectively. In the *simhāsana* the legs are crossed as in the *kūrmāsana*; and the palms of the hands, with the fingers kept stretched out, rest supinely upon the thigh, while the mouth is kept open and the eyes are fixed upon the tip of the nose.*