Indian Sculpture c8.259

c8.259

Nearer to images of Kaliṅga in width and rigour of treatment and in details of apparel, such as the kirīṭa mukuṭa, etc., than to the more humanely small and gracious images from Bengal of the Sena school, this image from western Bengal, and others too, have little in common with the work of the Sena school, except a predilection for architectonic motives in the framework; this is pecular to Orissān images too. Otherwise, however, a stern generalisation subdues all detail. The image rules in the severity of its existence, and it is with the help of such images, amongst others, that the concentration of the mind of the devotee attains its ultimate goal.