Indian Sculpture c8.10

c8.10

The type persisted, not only in Mauryan art but as a physique compulsory for such divinities, where the power of producing and creative activity had to be shown, as in the images of Brahmā, Agni and in narrower aspects in such figures as those of Pāñcika, Jambhala and Gaṇeśa, definitely connected with plenty and physical welfare.¹⁶⁸