The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s1.55

v2.c11.s1.55

¹⁸ This distinction made by Plutarch is introduced here so as to differentiate with the help of an accepted Western terminology a kind of movement which is particular to all Indian images, though not to every Indian sculptural representation of figures. The gestures expressing movement and actions on the other hand are known under the term ‘phorai’. The hand holding a mirror, flower, or a weapon would show a movement of the class of ‘schemata’; the hand arranging the hair, holding the hem of a garment which threatens to slip down, etc. to the class of ‘phorai’ though the latter category with regard to these sculptures tends to get merged in the former.