Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s2.t2.2

v2.c16.s2.t2.2

In addition to these, other characteristic features of the images of Śiva are given in a manuscript added at the end of the Śilparatna whose name is not known. It is stated therein that the colour of the figure of Śiva, if it is painted on a wall, should be white or of the red colour of the sun or golden yellow. The image should possess high shoulders, long arms and eyes like the petals of the lotus; there should be three waist zones or kaṭisūtras. The appearance of the figure of Śiva should be that of a youth of sixteen years of age, with a