Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s3.t6.7
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s3.t6.7
- Language
- English
c12.s3.t6.7
ŚĀLABHAÑJIKĀ: In ancient railings these were generally sixteen in one quadrant as actually found at Bharhut, making a total of sixty-four in the complete circular railing with twenty more for the re-entrant portion. The female figure in this pose was shown as holding the branch of an Aśoka tree (Vāmahasta-grihitāśoka) with her left hand and standing in a graceful attitude (lilāsupratishṭhita), as depicted on the pillar No. 1 a.