Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.164

v2.c77.164

| *Wariors* | —knitted brows. |
| *Armed foot-soldiers* | over-bearing look, gaudy dress and haughty bearing, of Karāṇṭaka type, armed with swords and shields. |
| *Bowmen* | —bare knees with excellent bows, wearing slippers on their feet. |
| *Horses and Elephants* | ? |
| *Warriors on them* | —generally dark in colour, with ornaments, their hairs in Jūṭa-ṭasara fashion. |
| *Horse-riders* | —in northern fashion. |
| *Bards* | —with gaudy apparel, veins visible on their neck with sight upwards. |
| *Heralds* | tawny and looking sideways. |
| *Warriors with clubs* | like Dānavas. |
| *Pratīhāra* (door keeper) | with demeanour, neither too proud nor too calm, holding a staff, sword hanging by his side. |
| *Merchants* | —with high turbans. |
| *Musicians, Dancers, Critics of Instruments* | —wearing gaudy dress. |
| *Respectable townsmen* (*Paurajānapadas*) | with silvery hair, decked with auspcious ornaments, dressed in clean raiment, courteously disposed, affable and sweet-tempered, good-looking by nature. |
| *Workmen* | engaged in duty. |
| *Wrestlers* | haughty, terrible, and tall, with a body of large proportions, thick neck and a closely cropped heavy head. |
| *Bulls, lions, etc.* | with the natural background—meadows and forests, etc., respectively. |