[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.c19.61 # Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.61 Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.61 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.61) In the \*Viṣṇudharmōttara\* it is stated that Nandā was born ‘from the pleasure of Bhāradvāja’. She has four arms; one of her hands is in the \*varada\* pose, another in the \*abhaya\* pose; the third and the fourth hands carry a lotus and an \*aṅkuśa\* respectively. Or, she may in these hands hold the \*khaḍga\* and the \*khēṭaka\*. Her complexion is white and she is seated on an elephant. - [Previous: v3.c19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.60) - [Next: v3.c19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.62) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharmottara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.61) · Pramāṇa