Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s2.t1.28
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s2.t1.28
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c12.s2.t1.28
Actually it represented the Kalpa-latā, the Wish-fulfilling Creeper of heavenly origin whose tendrils fulfil all desires by producing pairs of Man and Woman (*mithuna*), ornaments shown hanging from the boughs like earrings, necklaces, girdles, anklets, etc. which are represented in several shapes, costly textiles like scarves and *sārīs*, wines bottled in jars of jack-fruit form, technically known as *Panasa* and also mango shaped pendent containers for the lac-dye to paint the feet of young ladies. [Fig. 68].