Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.160

c7.160

Plate XIII. shows a very rare and interesting example of ancient Nepalese art, probably of the same period as Plate X. The reclining figure of Vajrapâni, or Visva-pâni, with two *sâktis*, is admirable in its movement: while the pose is strongly suggestive of Greek or Roman influence, the technical treatment of the figure is altogether Indian, and different in intention from anything found in Greek art, except, perhaps in the early period, when Egyptian or Eastern influence predominated in it. The third eye in the forehead, symbolic of spiritual insight, is also given to images of the Hindu deity, Siva.