Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.169

v3.c19.169

and the left ones by the *śaṅkha*, *chakra* and *varada*. In the *Dēvī-purāṇa* she is represented as possessing four hands in which she carries *śaṅkha*, *chakra*, *gadā* and *padma*. She wears the *vanamālā*, the characteristic garland of *Viṣṇu*. In respect of this last description, the *Dēvī-purāṇa* agrees with the *Pūrva-kāraṇāgama*.