Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s8.19
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s8.19
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The breasts of Viṣṇu, Buddha and Jinas are also characterised by **Śrīvatsa** mark. It is a sort of hairy mole, one of the ‘Mahāpuruṣa-lakṣaṇas’; Utpala explains it as a ‘romāvarta’. Rao says, ‘In sculpture this mole is represented by a flower of four petals arranged in the form of a rhombus, or by a simple equilateral taringle, and is invariably placed on the right side of the chest’. According to Dr. Bannerjea Gupta seals represent this mark and its varients.