[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.c19.73 # Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.73 Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.73 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.73) \*Mangala.\* Mangalā is seated upon a simhāsana, and wears on her head a jaṭā-makuṭa. She carries in eight out of her ten hands the śūla, akshamālā, dhanus, a mirror, the bāṇa, kheṭaka, khaḍga, and chandra; and the remaining two hands are held in the varada and abhaya poses. She has a lovely appearance with pretty breasts and a playful smile on her countenance. She is adorned with various ornaments. - [Previous: v3.c19.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.72) - [Next: v3.c19.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.74) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.73) · Pramāṇa