[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.c19.175 # Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.175 Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.175 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.175) Māheśvari has four arms; two of which are in the \*varada\* and the \*abhaya\* poses respectively, while the remaining two hands carry the \*śūla\* and \*akshamālā\*. Her \*vāhana\* is the bull. This goddess is said in the \*Vishṇudharmōttara\* to have five faces, each possessing three eyes, and she wears on her crown the crescent moon. Her colour is white and she has six arms; in four of the hands she carries the \*sūtra\*, \*ḍamaru\*, \*śūla\* and \*ghaṇṭā\*, the two remaining hands being respectively in the \*varada\* and \*abhaya\* poses; her head is adorned with the \*jaṭā-makuṭa\*. Her banner also has the bull for its emblem. - [Previous: v3.c19.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.174) - [Next: v3.c19.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.176) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharmottara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.175) · Pramāṇa