Indian Sculpture c8.159

c8.159

mudrā and in his lowered left hand an object not quite distinct and left unfinished. The middle figure holds a kamaṇḍalu, i.e. a water pot, in his left, and his right is held in jñāna mudrā, and the uppermost holds in his upraised ten hands the following: noose (?), shield, a circular object with handle and kamaṇḍalu(?) on the left, and besides some indistinct objects, a sword and rosary on the right. The uppermost arms are uplifted above the head in a gesture of dance, the upper left with puṣpa hasta. These figures, shown from the thighs upwards, emerge from behind the shoulders of the figure in front and below them. In this manner continuity of the liṅgam-shape of this Śiva-pillar is established.