Editing Rukmini (section)

== Iconography ==
[[File:Goddess_Rukmini.jpg|thumb|upright|140px|Rukmini with shanka, chakra and gada in Rukmini Temple, Dwaraka]]

In many texts, the [[Brahmin|Brahman]] dispatched by Rukmini to request Krishna to elope with her on her [[svayamvara]] describes the princess poetically as bearing beautiful hands, braided tresses, and a face that resembles the moon.<ref name="Ayyar 1982 332">{{Cite book |last=Ayyar |first=P. V. Jagadisa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLSGFW1uZboC&dq=rukmini+purana&pg=PA29 |title=South Indian Shrines: Illustrated |date=1982 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0151-2 |pages=33 |language=en}}</ref> She is consistently described as beautiful in other accounts.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2WK8eswRgwC&dq=rukmini+appearance&pg=PA33 |title=Reports |date=1879 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing |pages=3 |language=en}}</ref>

Rukmini as mentioned in Hindu traditions, stands for the majesty and wealth of Krishna. [[Vadiraja Tirtha]] in ''[[Rukminisha Vijaya]]'', describes her as Krishna's supreme beloved consort.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/rukminisha-vijaya-1-sri-vadiraja-tirtha-t.-s.-raghavendran |title=Rukminisha Vijaya - 1 - Sri Vadiraja Tirtha, T.S.Raghavendran |pages=31}}</ref> In south Indian iconographic tradition, Rukmini, along with [[Satyabhama]], appear as the primary consorts of Krishna.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shulman |first=David Dean |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d97_AwAAQBAJ&dq=rukmini+iconography&pg=PA283 |title=Tamil Temple Myths: Sacrifice and Divine Marriage in the South Indian Saiva Tradition |date=2014-07-14 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5692-3 |pages=283 |language=en}}</ref>

According to the ''Vaikhanasagama'', Rukmini should be depicted on the right side of Krishna, her image golden-yellow in complexion. Her hair is supposed to be tied up in a fashionable knot, and should also be adorned with flowers. Her right arm should be hanging down, and she should hold a lotus in her left hand.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=T. A. Gopinatha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlbbDwAAQBAJ&dq=rukmini+golden&pg=PA203 |title=Elements of Hindu Iconography: Volume I - Part I |date=2020-04-06 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-8460-4767-5 |pages=203 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHlDAAAAYAAJ&q=rukmini+iconography |title=The Journal of the Bihar Research Society |date=1968 |publisher=Bihar Research Society. |pages=238 |language=en}}</ref> She is supposed to be adorned with various ornaments.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=T. A. Gopinatha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SFbbDwAAQBAJ&dq=rukmini+right+side&pg=PA204 |title=Elements of Hindu Iconography: Volume I - Part I |date=2020-04-06 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-8460-4766-8 |pages=204 |language=en}}</ref>