Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c26.58

v4.c26.58

*Tārakāri*: The figure of Tārakāri is required to be sculptured with twelve arms, in the hands of which there should be the *aṅkuśa*, *dhvaja*, *khaḍga*, *kaṭaka-hasta*, *abhaya*, *pāśa*, *chakra*, *musala*, *śakti* *vajra*, *varada* and *khēṭaka*. The colour of Tārakāri, is described as equal to a crore of Aruṇas shining at the same time. According to the *Śrītattvanidhi*, Tārakāri should have only one face and three eyes and he should be seated upon an elephant carrying in two of the right hands the *khaḍga* and the *śakti* and one of them held in the *abhaya* pose; one of the left hands should be in the *varada* pose and the remaining hands should keep the *khēṭaka* and the *akshamālā*.