Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c8.192

v1.c8.192

The remaining kinds of head-gear mentioned above are mostly modes of dressing the hair. The mode called *kēśabandha* is employed in relation to Sarasvatī among divine beings, and in relation to the queens of *adhirājas* among human beings, and the style known as *kuntala* is meant for the goddess Lakshmī and also for the queens of emperors and *adhirājas* and *narēndras*. (see Pl. IV, figs. 22, 23 and 24).