Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c18.14

v3.c18.14

The Śilparatna states that on each side of Sūrya there should be a dvārapālaka, named Maṇḍala and Piṅgala respectively. According to this same authority the material of which the kirīṭa of Sūrya is made should be pushparāga, or ruby.