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sūtra. The pratimā should have various kinds of bracelets: bāhwbandha (for the arm), maṇibandha (for the wrist and Kankaṇam. It should also have a ring, a Katisūtra (a thread for the waist), yellow kāpārta and nupura for the toe. The toe should be decorated with a ring of jewel. In the right hand, the image should have a cakra (disc) and in the other one a sankha (conch). The pratimā should be placed on a lotus. The image, thus described, seems to be that of the god Viạṇu with his sankha and cakra. There should be round the neck both ratna-mālā (the garland of jewels) and vaijayamālā. These are the laḳṣaṇas spoken of by the former doāryas.

In a later work called Śahṛdaya-līlā by Śri Rājānakaruy-yaka, we find seven kinds of ornaments for women spoken of. They are:—

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Ratna again is of 13 kinds:

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Hema is of nine kinds:

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