Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s8.50

v2.c74.s8.50

As regards Kirīṭa-makuṭa specially appropriate for Nārāyaṇa, according to the Mānasāra ‘is a conical cap sometimes ending in an ornamantal top carrying a central pointed knoli’—Rao. “This type of headgear was not worn, however, exclusively by the God Nārāyaṇa-Viṣṇu; it could also be worn by Sūrya and Kubera. Varāhmihira not only describes Viṣṇu as Kuṇdala-kirīṭadhārī (wearing ear rings and Kirīṭa crown), but also says that Ravi should be wearing a makuṭa (makuṭadhārī) and kubera should be ‘Vāma-kirīṭī’