Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c11.76

v1.c11.76

Nevertheless, it has to be observed that degeneration in the art was evidently already setting in; and in proof of this we may note the conventional form of the jaw of the lion, and also of its ears which are ornamented, pointed in shape, and are shown to rise immediately above the jaw. From an examination of the sculptor's work itself, it may be easily made out that the image of Narasimha found at Bādāmi is very much older than that which belongs to Ellora.