Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c11.78
Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c11.78
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Figures 1 and 3 on Pl. XLI represent Lakshmī-Narasimha. These two bronzes belong to the Madras Museum. In both these cases, Narasimha is seated upon a *padmāsana*, with his right leg hanging down and the left leg bent and made to rest flat upon the seat. On the lap so formed by the bent leg Lakshmī is seated with both her legs hanging down; and each of the feet of Lakshmī is seen to be supported on a lotus. The upper right