The Hindu Temple v2.c12.91

v2.c12.91

The left hand is raised with Triśūla-hasta, the right holds a bowl. Its curve is taken up, aggrandised, and leads along the arm of the image to the wall of the buttress. In the bowl of this arm the goddess proffers her body and gesture. The inward look, the harking back, of the goddess are accompanied by the sculptural disposition of the carving. Watchful of her secrecy, effortless and noble, this crowned goddess carries the bowl and gesture and also her own shape, in obedience to her task. As simple as is the shape of the bowl, are her ornaments. Closely adhering to the body they define its shape and show in their own, more linear way, its amplitude. Laid on the forehead, like an ornament, is the arch of the brow. It holds in its curves the expanse of the face, shown in front view and in profile at the same time.