Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s3.5

v2.c16.s3.5

When seated alone as described in the previous paragraph, the image of Śiva is known as the Sukhāsanamūrti. If the figure of the Dēvī is also seated on the same seat by the side of the image of Śiva and faces the latter, the group is known as the Umāsahitamūrti. The position of the Dēvī is to the left of Śiva. She should have only two arms; in her right hand she should keep a lotus flower, while she may hold her left hand either in the *simhakarṇa* pose or keep it straight resting on the seat. Her head is to be adorned with a *karaṇḍa-makuṭa*. The left