Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c11.47

v1.c11.47

the North Arcot district. They have very similar characteristics; neither of them is in the attitude of jumping; both are shown to be calmly standing on the right leg which is firmly set on the pedestal; the left leg is bent and is supported on the hood of Ādiśēsha; the two upper hands carry the śankha and the chakra as usual; the lower left hand is thrown round the Dēvī so as to support her in the seated position, and the lower right hand is in the abhaya pose. Here we may also notice the arrangement of drapery and the mechanical way in which the yajñōpavīta and the other ornaments are arranged on the figures as characteristic features of later art. It is easy to observe in the bronze Varāhamūrti of the Madras Museum that the image-making art had distinctly decayed at the time of its casting.