South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.155

c8.155

Of the well-known *barada* (gift-bestowing) and the *abhaya* (re-assuring) attitudes, the *barada hasta* has a special form in South Indian sculpture typically represented in the lower right hand of the figure of the Dancing Siva from Ceylon (plate XXIII and diagrams T & R).