Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.126

v3.c19.126

**Tulasidevi.** Tulasidēvi is of dark complexion, with eyes resembling the petals of the lotus flower, and having four arms; of the four hands two are in the *abhaya* and *varada* poses and the other ones keep in them a lotus and a *nīlōtpala*. She is to be adorned with *kirīṭa*, *hāra*, *kēyūra*, *kuṇḍalas* and other ornaments, clothed in white garments and seated on a *padmāsana* (or on a lotus).