Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c8.177

v1.c8.177

The *jaṭā-makuṭa* is, as the name indicates, made up of twists of matted hair done into the form of a tall cap. The *Uttara-kāmikāgama* gives the following rather long and somewhat unintelligible description of the *uṣṇīṣa* in which the *jaṭā*-