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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 124

An illustration from Handbook to the sculptures in the Museum of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, 1922, leaf 124
) 3 A small marble image (3% x3J^) of Uma-Mahesvara356 with the head of the god wanting. The reverse of the piece is also carved showing the back ofMahesvara with his kpupina, hip, seat, etc. Thereis nothing worth noticing in this image except thatthe god is sitting in suj^liasana and Gauri on the… … 3 o a [ 73 ] Plate figures of Uma and Mahesvara representing the XVI scene of their marriage. This form of Siva as a bridegroom is called hfllyanasundara murti or thevaivahika murti. Siva wears a jatamukuta show-ing the crescent moon with an encircling fillet andpuritas. Both the images have three…

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