[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915) › c8.134 # South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.134 South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.134 - **Language:** English ### [c8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.134) (1) ‘ \*Lol-hasta,\*’ also called “ \*Lambahasta,\*” lit., ‘ the hand hanging down,’ is illustrated in diagrams B, J and Z. The left arm of the female figures in South Indian art is invariably ‘ the \*Lol-hasta\* ’; (2) ‘ \*Nidrita-hasta\* ’ or the ‘ sleeping hand ’ is exemplified in diagram Y and (3) \*Kati-hasta\* (Katyālambita-hasta) or ‘ the hand touching the hip ’ occurs in plate XLIII and (fig. 9); (4) \*Dhanurdhari-hasta,\* ‘ the hand holding the bow ’ is generally found in figures of Rāma, Arjuna and sometimes of Siva, \*e.g.\*, in plates LXXI, C, and LXX. This attitude is likely to be confused with (5) ‘ \*Alingana-hasta,\*’ the embracing hand which is typically illustrated in the image of Gangādhar (plate XIV), (6) \*Gaja-hasta\* is the hand resembling the proboscis of the elephant (\*vide\* figures of Natarāja and diagram N). - [Previous: c8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.133) - [Next: c8.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.135) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.134) · Pramāṇa