Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c30.10

v4.c30.10

The same authority states that if Ārya is to be represented as a *Yōgi* he should be sculptured as seated in *yōgāsana*; if as a student of the Vēdas, he should wear a *pavitra* (a ring made of *kuśa* grass) on his fingers, and wear his upper cloth on his shoulder in the *upavīta* fashion and be seated in the *vīrāsana* posture. If Śāsta is to be shown as seated in the *sukhāsana* fashion, the posture should be what is known as *sukhāsana*, the right foot of the bent right leg resting upon the thigh of the left leg which should be hanging. The gaze of Sukhāsana-Ārya should be fixed on his right foot.