[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) › c8.153 # South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.153 South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.153 - **Language:** English ### [c8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.153) (7) \*Ardha chandra hasta\* is delineated in the upper left hand carrying the fire in the figures of Natarāja (diagram P) and is thus defined "\*Jasyangulyastu-binata-sahangusthena chāpabat-so 'rdha chandra-iti-khyata\*," i.e., when the fingers along with the thumb open up in the shape of a bow it is known as the \*ardha chandra\* (half-moon). - [Previous: c8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.152) - [Next: c8.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.154) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.153) · Pramāṇa