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Handbook to the sculptures in the Museum of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad (1922)

Baṅgīẏa Sāhitya Parishad (Calcutta, India). Museum, Ganguly, Mano Mohan · Calcutta : Bangiya Sahitya Parishad · leaf 120

An illustration from Handbook to the sculptures in the Museum of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, 1922, leaf 120
littlebelow the shoulder downweu-ds has three headscrowned with peaked jatamukfita; the crescent moonis carved on the jata in front ; it has a nimbus behindbordered with a foliage device. The attributes ofthe god are held in his hands in the following ^order:— Right—{\) Goad OT Ankusa. (2) Trident… … GU)2 2C4 Sada [ 71 ] The palm of the hand in varada pose is carved with a circular dot (srivatsa mark) in bold relief. It may be noted that the form of the oalaya worn on the right hand differs from that on the left. The head on the extreme right represents a terrific form of Siva cor-responding to…

Baṅgīẏa Sāhitya Parishad (Calcutta, India). Museum · Sculpture, Indic

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