Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c26.69

v4.c26.69

*Gāngēya-Subrāhmaṇya* is required to be represented with a single face, three eyes and four arms. The head must be adorned with a *karaṇḍa-makuṭa*; he should be standing upon a *makara* (a kind of fish) and should be carrying a flag on which is painted a *kukkuṭa*, and should be adorned with *nīlōtpala* flowers. In his right hands should be a *paraśu* and a *pūrṇa-kumbha* (a vessel filled with water); in the left hands he should keep an araṇi (a piece of wood which is used in generating fire by friction) and a kukkuṭa. The colour of this aspect of Subrahmaṇya is that of gold.