Studies in Indian Art c9.s2.19

c9.s2.19

Hence it is that the *Pūrṇa-Kalaśa* is also called the *Bhadra Ghaṭa*, the Auspicious Vase. In the *Atharvaveda* another variation of the name is found, and that is *Pūrṇa-Kumbha* (III, 12, 8). The imagery of the *Pūrṇa-Kumbha* enlivening and vegetating in manifold forms finds appropriate expression—