Studies in Indian Art c12.s6.25

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c12.s6.25

10. *Prasādhikā*,—Toilet-attendant. The scenes of *prasādhana* are common enough on Mathura railing pillars. We find separate pillars devoted to the *Nāyikā* or the Queen herself looking in a mirror doing her coiffure or applying toilet paste, and also to her attendants carrying the *śṛiṅgārapeṭikā* (toilet-basket) in one hand and a jug of water in the other. The specimen in the Bharat Kala Bhavan is in perfect state of perservation. (Vogel, *La Sculpture de Mathurā*, Pl. L. also Plate XVIII E).

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