Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c9.34

v1.c9.34

*Vīra-Vighneśa*. The image of this type of Vighneśvara should be sculptured as having sixteen hands. The things which it should carry in its hands are a *vētala*, or vampire, the weapon *śakti*, bow and arrows, the sword and the shield, the *mudgara* or hammer, the *gadā*, or the club, the *aṅkuśa*, the *pāśa*, the *śūla*, the *kunda*, the *paraśu* and the *dhvaja*. The colour of this image has to be red.