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# Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.120

Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.120

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### [v3.c19.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.120)

Aparājitā should be so shown as riding a lion; she is to be sculptured as a very strong woman carrying in her hands the pināka (Śiva's bow), bāṇa, khaḍga, and kheṭaka; she should have three eyes and the jaṭābhāra on the head, with the crescent of the moon in it. She has a snake Vāsuki as her wristlet.

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