Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s3.25
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s3.25
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On a Mathura pillar a woman after bath is shown standing with her back to the visitor and drying her hair by squeezing out water from her locks the drops being swallowed by a Haṃsa. The motif is described in the Matsya Purāṇa as that of Keśa-nistoyakāriṇī, indicated above (cf. also kabarī-niścyotana in Śṛiṅgaramañjarī of Bhoja), combined with it is a drinking scene in the balcony above. [Fig 134].
Linked texts (2)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Śṛṅgāramañjari — Tāḷḷapāka Annamācārya, Telugu