Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s3.28

v2.c74.s3.28

**Kaṭaka—or Siṁhakarṇa-hasta :**—It denotes that particular pose where in ‘the tips of the fingers are loosely applied to the thumb so as to form a ring or, as some what poetically expressed by the latter name, so as to resemble a lion’s ear’—Rao. It is specially suited to figures of goddesses and is very common also. Sirimā devata at Bharhut is one of its earliest representations.