[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) › c8.155 # South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.155 South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.155 - **Language:** English ### [c8.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.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). - [Previous: c8.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.154) - [Next: c8.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.156) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.155) · Pramāṇa