South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c10.228

c10.228

"The right leg is firmly placed, the left leg being bent; the right hand in the barada pose, the left hand embracing the goddess; the other right hand raised to the termination of the crown; the (first) left arm may carry a flower; the (first) right arm hung down and should have a hand bent at the joint and should reach the level of the hips. He is decked with all ornaments and having a coronet with divine decorations—Such is the God Gangādhara. The pattern of the image defined in Kasyapiya (Gangadhar likhanputalu) is similar to the above. The threads and festoons running across the breast over the left shoulder are known as the yogapatta. The pose of the figure is in the spectula angra flexion. This is also suggested by the measurement of the distance between the toes given in the Kasyapiya: 18 angulis that between the two ankles being 4 of 18 angulas.