South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.160

c8.160

The *Kiritam* is generally prescribed for Vaishnavite figures, the *Karanda mukuta* for female deities, and the *Jata mukuta* for the various forms of Siva. The coiffure, *Jata badham* is prescribed for Chandikeswara and saints. The *Karanda-mukuta* is thus defined in the text "*Mula-chchagram - Kramat - Kshinam - Karanda-mukutasva-tu padmasya-Mukutakaram-mukutagram prokalpayet*" The shape of the *Karanda mukuta* should be tapering from the base to the top, the finial being shaped like the crown of the lotus (Fig. 7). It is illustrated in figures (plates XXXIII & XXXVI). The *Kirita mukuta* will be found in figures (plates LXIII and LXVII). The *Jata mukuta* is illustrated in figure 7 and also in the image of Chandrasekhara, Gangadhara and the Kaldahanamurti plates (XV, XIV and I).