Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c11.68

v1.c11.68

Strictly speaking Pl. XLIII also, illustrates a form of Kēvala-Narasimha. Here we have a standing image instead of the sitting one as required by the books. The *śaṅkha*, *chakra*, *gadā* and *padma* are sculptured in human form as Āyudha-purushas and are not to be found in their real condition. Above the two uplifted arms of the man-lion image are to be seen the personified Śaṅkha and Chakra, hovering, as it were, while near the *gadā*, on which the man-lion is leaning, there stands the slender-waisted goddess representing the Gadā; and to the right of and near the leg of Narasimha stands the personified Padma. This is indeed an admirable piece of sculpture, rich in details, correct in pose and possessed of true proportions. The face is that of a real lion and not, as in Pl. XLII that of a conventional form of the animal with pointed ears and stiff and straight mane.