[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Elements of Hindu Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914) › v3.c19.100 # Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.100 Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.100 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.100) Sivaduti. Śivadūti has a faded look and a face suggesting that of a jackal. Her body is emaciated, thin and wiry. It is ornamented with snakes; and she wears a garland of skulls. Her look is terrific. In her four hands she carries the rakta-pātra (a vessel to hold blood), khaḍga, śūla and māmsa (flesh). She is seated in the āliḍhāsana attitude; near her is seen a khaṭvāṅga. According to another authority, the complexion of Śivadūti is said to be that of the midday sun; she has three eyes and hands, in the left ones of which are held a pātra (vessel) for holding blood, the gadā, kheṭaka, pāśa and in the right ones the padma, kuṭhāra, khaḍga and aṅkuśa; she is adorned with ornaments set with all the nine gems and is worshipped by the gods, ṛishis and others. - [Previous: v3.c19.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.99) - [Next: v3.c19.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.101) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.100) · Pramāṇa