Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.169

v2.c77.169

| *Oceans* | Bearing jewelled jars, with mountain peaks as their hand. Sri Murty however takes it ‘with śikhara mudrā’—the word pāṇi in sense of hasta, i. e. mudrā is not current, nevertheless substance not unwarranted with water as their hollow and for their symbols of weapons (and not) they should be a bit depicted on their heads. ‘A sign of water (wavy lines) is to be depicted about the lip of their weapons’, Murty—is not acceptable to me at least. |
| *Nidhis* (*treasures*) | in general is represented in pot (kumbhas) |
| *Śaṅkhanidhi* | in drawing of Śaṅkha |
| *Padmanidhi* | ,, ,, Padma |