Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c25.s3.22

v4.c25.s3.22

The general characteristics of the images of these deities are first given in the authority quoted above and in the *Śilparatna*. It is stated in these works that the images of all these aspects of Śiva should have three eyes, four arms, *jaṭāmakuṭas* and be of white colour; they should be draped also in white clothes and be standing erect (*samabhaṅga*) on a *padmapīṭha*. They should be adorned with all ornaments and with garlands composed of all flowers and they should keep their front right hand in the *abhaya* and the front left hand in the *varada* poses, while they should carry in the back right hand the *paraśu* and in the back left hand the *mṛga*.