South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.65

c8.65

conceptions as Narasinha, Nārāyana, Varāha and others; (c) Siva or Maheswara including his conceptions as Natarāja, Rudra and others. The *Madhyama-dasa-tāla* applies only to images of female deities particularly the Saktis of Bramhā Vishnu and Maheswara. The *Kāsyapiya* enumerates under the *Madhyama-dasa-tāla* the following goddesses :— Uma, Saraswati, Durga, Usha, Vhumadebi, Lakhmi, Sapta-Matrikās and Jestha Devi. To the *Adhama-dasa-tāla* belong the following images :—Chandra, Surya, Kartikeya, Aswini Kumāras, Chandesa, Khetrapala and Indra.