[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.c19.170 # Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.170 Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.170 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.170) Indrani. The figure of Indrāṇī has three eyes and four arms; in two of her hands she carries the \*vajra\* and the \*śakti\*, the two other hands being respectively held in the \*varada\* and \*abhaya\* poses. The colour of this goddess is red, and she has on her head a \*kirīṭa\*; on her body she wears various ornaments. Her \*vāhana\* as well as the emblem of her banner is the elephant, and her abode is under the \*kalpaka\* tree. According to the \*Viṣṇudharmōttara\*, she should have a thousand eyes, and should be of golden colour; she should have six arms, four of the hands carrying the \*sūtra\*, \*vajra\*, \*kalaśa\* (a pot), and \*pātra\* (a vessel) and the remaining hands being held in the \*varada\* and \*abhaya\* poses. The \*Dēvī-purāṇa\* states that she carries the \*aṅkuśa\* and the \*vajra\* only, and the \*Pūrva-kāraṇāgama\* mentions that she has only two eyes. According to the last authority the goddess Indrāṇī holds a lotus in one of her hands. - [Previous: v3.c19.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.169) - [Next: v3.c19.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.171) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19) ## Cites (2) - [Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharmottara) — Sanskrit - [Devīpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devi) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.170) · Pramāṇa