Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s3.28

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There are some interesting scenes of ornamentation, e. g. pillar J 59 shows a woman with a long necklace, on pillar J 64 is the charming scene of a woman standing under a tree under Śālabhañjikā pose and looking in a mirror. Another pillar is carved with two toileting scenes, in the upper one Veṇī-prasādhana in which the woman is looking in the mirror held in her right hand and is arranging her frontal hair with the left, her husband is standing behind her and dressing her long braid falling on the back and interweaving with a garland (mālya-grathana). The female attendant is carrying a garland in a tray (mālya-changerī). In the lower panel the woman has completed her toilet and is looking in a mirror. Pillar No. J 62 shows a female figure standing to the proper left with her back and right foot against the trunk of the tree and playing a harp with shell plastron (vīṇā-vādana). [Fig. 136].