The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s6.22

v2.c11.s6.22

¹³⁷ The group of the ‘Woman and Tree’ is known as Śālabhañjikā; or Śālabhañji (S. S. LXVI. 30-32). Cf. Coomaraswamy, ‘Yakṣas’, I. p. 32 f. The Śālabhañjikā is frequently carved on the brackets of capitals or forms the bracket of the Ucchālaka (Pls. XVIII, LX). The Nāṭakā, Pl. LXIV, also forms a bracket, but of the ceiling of the Maṇḍapa.