[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.c19.165 # Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.165 Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.165 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.165) Such is the description of her in the \*Amsumad-bhēdāgama\*; the \*Vishṇudharmōttara\*, as quoted in the \*Vāchaspatya\*, gives her six hands, the left ones of which are characterised by \*abhaya\*, \*pustaka\* (book) and \*kamaṇḍalu\*, while the right ones are characterised by \*varada\*, \*sūtra\* and \*sruva\*. It also adds that her dress is deer-skin. On the other hand, the \*Pūrva-kāraṇāgama\* agrees with the first work quoted above in ascribing only four hands to Brahmāṇī, although it states that she carries the \*kamaṇḍalu\* and \*akshamālā\* in two of her hands and holds the other two in the \*abhaya\* and \*varada\* poses. - [Previous: v3.c19.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.164) - [Next: v3.c19.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.166) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19) ## Cites (3) - [Kāśyapaśilpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.kasyapasilpa) — Sanskrit - [Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharmottara) — Sanskrit - [Vācaspatya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.ubhayarupa.vacaspatya) — Tārānātha Tarkavācaspati, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.165) · Pramāṇa