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In the present chapter a special reference is made to the three *bhaṅgas* or poses which are distinguished in Indian sculpture They are known as *sama-bhaṅga* or equipoise, *ābhaṅga* or a slight flexion, *ati-bhaṅga* or an excessive flexion, and *tri-bhaṅga* or of three flexions.²