Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s3.8

v2.c16.s3.8

leg of the Dēvī should be hanging down the seat, while the right one is to be bent and kept resting on the seat. The Śilparatna states that the right hand of the Dēvī should keep a utpala flower and the left hand held in the varada pose, or the left hand might rest on the pīṭha a little to the left of the left thigh of the Dēvī, and that the colour of the Dēvī should be grass-green. The Dēvī is required to be adorned with all ornaments, hāras and makuṭa and be clad in red silk garments. The Pūrva-Kāraṇāgama adds that the figure of the seated Dēvī should be as high as the shoulder of that of Śiva. The aspect of Śiva and Umā seated on the same seat and under the same prabhā-maṇḍala as described above is known as the Umā-sahitamūrti.