Eastern Indian School of Mediaeval Sculpture c8.s2.62

c8.s2.62

While the identifications proposed by Mr. Bhattacharyya in many cases are quite accurate, some specimens in the Indian Museum collection have still remained unidentified. An example of this is the Mañjukumāra in that collection (I. M. No. 6271). If the word *satva-paryaṅkinam* is taken to mean the two lions under the throne then the identification is absolutely complete because in this case the deity has three heads and six hands and holds:—