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Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c4: List of Illustrations

Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c4

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List of Illustrations

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| A.—Yantras : A group of Śālagrāmas and an image of Rāma made of a piece of śālagrāma. | | 11 |
| B.—Śarādādēvī and Śaṅkarāchārya, Kālaḍi | ... | 32 |
| C.—Bust of Chennakēśava, Bēlūr. | ... | 36 |
| D.—Viṣṇu bathing Kachchhapēśvara, Conjee-varam (A. S. M.) | ... | 43 |
| E.—Śarabhamūrti, Tribhuvanam (A. S. M.) | ... | 45 |
| F.—Trimūrti with Śiva as the central figure, Tiruvottiyūr. | ... | 45 |
| Trimūrti with Viṣṇu as the central figure, Nāgalāpuram | ... | 45 |
| I—Weapons held by images | ... | 4 |
| II— Do. | ... | 6 |
| III—Other objects held by images | ... | 8 |
| IV—Headgears and ornaments of images | ... | 12 |
| V—Hand-poses of images | ... | 14 |
| VI—Seats of images | ... | 18 |
| VII—Head-gears and hair knots of images | ... | 28 |
| VIII— Do. | ... | 29 |
| IX— Do. | ... | 32 |

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∗ T. S. A = Trivandram School of Arts ; A. S. M. Archæological Survey of Madras. A. S. My = Archæological Survey of Mysore ; A. S. Bo = Archæological Survey of Bombay ; A. S. I = Archæological Survey of India ; I. M. = India Museum. The photographs and drawings which are not followed by any of the abbreviations given above belong to the author's collection.

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| X—Fig. 1. Unmatta-uchchhishta-Gaṇapati, Kā- | | |
| laḍi. | | 49 |
| X—Fig. 2. Kēvala-Gaṇapati, Trivandram (T.S.A.). | | 49 |
| XI—Fig. 1. Lakshmī-Gaṇapati, Teṅkāśi (A.S.M.)... | | 53 |
| XI—Fig. 2. Uchchhishta-Gaṇapati, Kumbhakonam | | 53 |
| XII— do. Nañjaṅgōḍu ... | | 54 |
| XIII—Hēramba-Gaṇapati, front view, Negapatam | | |
| (A. S. M.) ... | | 56 |
| XIV— Do, back view. (A. S. M.) ... | | 57 |
| XV—Fig. 1. Prasanna-Gaṇapati, P a ṭṭi ś varam | | |
| (A. S. M.) ... | | 58 |
| XV—Fig. 2. Do. Trivandram (T. S. A.) ... | | 58 |
| XVI—Nṛitta-Gaṇapati, Haḷēbīḍu ... | | 59 |
| XVII—Madhyama Yōgasthānakamūrti, Mahābalipuram | | 80 |
| XVIII—Bhōgasthānakamūrti, Madras Museum ... | | 81 |
| XIX—Adhama Bhōgasthānakamūrti, Tiruvottiyūr... | | 82 |
| XX—Bhōgasthānakamūrti, Tāḍpatri (A. S. M.) ... | | 83 |
| XXI—Sthānakamūrti, Mathura Museum (A. S. I.)... Between | | |
| pages 84 and 85 | | |
| XXII—Bhōgasthānakamūrti, Madras Museum ... 84-85 | | |
| XXIII—Madhyama Bhōgasthānakamūrti, Madras Mu- | | |
| seum | | 84-85 |
| XXIV—Yōgāsanamūrti, Bāgaḷi (A. S. M.) ... | | 87 |
| XXV—Bhōgāsanamūrti, Bādāmi ... | | 88 |
| XXVI—Madhyama Bhōgāsanamūrti, Conjeevaram | | |
| Between pages 88 and 89 | | |
| XXVII— Do Ellora ... 88-89 | | |
| XXVIII—Bhōgāsanamūrti, Dāḍikkombu (A. S. M.) ... 88-89 | | |
| XXIX—Fig. 1. Do. Trivandram (T. S. A.) ... | | 90 |
| XXIX—Fig. 2. Yōgaśayanamūrti, Trivandram (T.S.A.) | | 90 |
| XXX—Adhama Vīrāsanamūrti; Aihoḷe (A.S.Bo.) ... 88-89 | | |
| XXXI—Madhyama Yōgaśayanamūrti, M a h ā b a l i- | | |
| puram ... | | 91 |
| XXXII—Madhyama Bhōgaśayanamūrti, D e o g a r h, | | |
| (I.M.) ... | | 110 |

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| XXXIII—Madhyama Yogaśayanamūrti, Aihole, (A.S.Bo.) | ... | 92 |
| XXXIV—Uttama Bhōgaśayanamūrti Raja-putana (A.S.Bo.) | ... | 93 |
| XXXV—The ten Avatāras of Vishnu (T.S.A.) | ... | 123 |
| XXXVI—Varāha panel, Mahābalipuram | ... | 138 |
| XXXVII—Bhūvarāhamurthi, Bādāmi | ... | 140 |
| XXXVIII—Varāha, Rajim, Raipur district, Cen. Prov., (A.S.Bo.) | ... | 141 |
| XXXIX—Fig. 1, Varāha, Nāgalāpuram | ... | 141 |
| XXXIX—Fig. 2, Do. Phalodi, Jodhpur district, Marwar (A.S.Bo.) | ... | 141 |
| XXXIX—Fig. 3, Do. Calcutta Museum (A.S Bo.)... | ... | 141 |
| XL—Do. Madras Museum | ... | 142 |
| XLI—Fig. 1, Lakshmī-Narasimha, Madras Museum | ... | 143 |
| XLI—Fig. 2, Varāha, Bēlūr | ... | 143 |
| XLI—Fig. 3, Lakshmī-Narasimha Madras Mesum. | ... | 143 |
| XLII—Kēvala-Narasimha, Haḷēbīḍu | ... | 150 |
| XLIII—Standing figure of Kēvala-Narasimha, Bādāmi | ... | 155 |
| XLIV—Sthauna-Narasimha, Ellora | ... | 156 |
| XLV—Do, Daḍikombu (A.S.M.) | ... | 157 |
| XLVI—Do. Do. (A.S.M.) | ... | 158 |
| XLVII—Do. Madras Museum | ... | 159 |
| XLVIII—Trivikrama, Rajim, Raipur Dt., Cen. Prov., (A.S.Bo.) | ... | 169 |
| XLIX—Do. Mahābalipuram | ... | 170 |
| L—Do. Bādāmi | ... | 172 |
| LI—Do. Ellora | ... | 174 |
| LII—Fig. 1, Do. Chatsu, Jaipur Dt., Marwar (A.S.Bo.) | ... | 175 |
| LII—Fig. 2, Do. Nāgalāpuram | ... | 175 |
| LII—Fig. 3, Do. Bēlūr | ... | 175 |
| LIII—Do. Nuggehaḷḷi (A.S.My.) | ... | 177 |

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| LIV—Raghu-Rāma, Shērmādēvi, (A.S.M.) | ... | 189 |
| LV— Do. Rāmēśvaram, (A.S.M.) | ... | 193 |
| LVI— Do. Mahābalipuram | ... | 194 |
| LVII— Do. (T.S.A.) | ... | 195 |
| LVIII—Kṛiṣhṇa and Rukmiṇī, Madras Museum | ... | 205 |
| LIX— Do. Shērmādēvi, (A.S.M.)... | ... | 206 |
| LX—Fig. 1, Navanīta-nṛittamūrti, Madras Museum | ... | 206 |
| LX—Fig. 2, Do. Madras Museum | ... | 206 |
| LXI—Gāna-Gōpāla, Haḷēbīḍu | ... | 208 |
| LXII—Fig. 1. Gāna-Gōpāla, (T. S. A.) | ... | 209 |
| LXII—Fig. 2, Do. , (A. S. M.) | ... | 209 |
| LXIII—Madana-Gōpāla, Teṅkāśi | ... | 210 |
| LXIV—Kālīyāhimardaka Kṛiṣhṇa, Madras Museum. | ... | 213 |
| LXV—Gōvarddhana-dhara Kṛiṣhṇa, Nuggehaḷḷi, (A. S. My.) | ... | 214 |
| LXVI— Do. Haḷēbīḍu | ... | 214 |
| LXVII—Fig. 1, Bālakṛiṣhṇa | ... | 215 |
| LXVII—Fig. 2, Do. | ... | 215 |
| LXVII—Fig. 3, Vaṭapatraśayin | ... | 215 |
| LXVIII—Buddha, Borobudor, (Dr. A. K., Theosophist). | ... | 221 |
| LXIX—Chennakēśavasvāmin, Bēlūr | ... | 228 |
| LXX—Fig. 1, Mādhava, Bēlūr | ... | 229 |
| LXX—Fig. 2, Gōvinda, Bēlūr | ... | 229 |
| LXX—Fig. 3, Madhusūdana, Bēlūr | ... | 229 |
| LXXI—Fig. 1, Hari, Bēlūr | ... | 231 |
| LXXI—Fig. 2, Śrī Kṛiṣhṇa, Bēlūr | ... | 231 |
| LXXII—Fig. 1, Hari-hara-pitāmaha, Haḷēbīḍu | ... | 252 |
| LXXII—Fig. 2, Dattātrēya (A. S. Bo.) | ... | 252 |
| LXXIII—Dattātrēya, Bādami | ... | 254 |
| LXXIV—Hari-hara-pitāmaha, Ajmere, Rajaputana Museum | ... | 253 |
| LXXV—Vaikuṇṭhanātha, Bādāmi | ... | 256 |

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| LXXVI—Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa, Bēlūr | ... | 259 |
| LXXVII—Hayagrīva, Nuggehaḷḷi, (A. S. My.) | ... | 261 |
| LXXVIII—Ādimūrti, Nuggehaḷḷi, (A. S. My.) | ... | 262 |
| LXXIX—Jalaśāyin, Haḷēbīḍu | ... | 264 |
| LXXX—Fig. 1, Varadarāja, (A. S. My) | ... | 268 |
| LXXX—Fig. 2, Do. , Dāḍikkombu, (A.S.M.), | ... | 268 |
| LXXXI—Viṭhōbā and Rukmābāyī, Paṇḍharipura | ... | 273 |
| LXXXII—Fig. 1, Manmatha and Rati, Haḷēbīḍu, | ... | 277 |
| LXXXII—Fig. 2, Do. , Āṅgūr, (A. S.M.) | ... | 277 |
| LXXXIII—Fig. 1, Do, , Nuggehaḷḷi (A.S.My.) | ... | 278 |
| LXXXIII—Fig. 2, Manmatha, Teṅkāśi | ... | 278 |
| LXXXIV—Garuda Do. , Bādāmi | ... | 287 |
| LXXXV—Fig. 1, Garuda, Pālūr | ... | 288 |
| LXXXV—Fig. 2, Sudarśana-Chakra, (A.S.M.) | ... | 288 |
| LXXXV.A.— Do. Obverse and Reverse, Dāḍikkombu, (A.S.M.) | ... | 291 |
| LXXXVI—Sūrya, Guḍimallam | ... | 312 |
| LXXXVII—Do. Mēlchēri | ... | 311 |
| LXXXVIII—Fig. 1, Madras Museum | ... | 313 |
| LXXXVIII—Fig. 2, Do. Ellora, (Cave temples of India) | ... | 313 |
| LXXXVIII—Fig. 3, Sūrya, Rūpnagar, (A. S. Bo.) | ... | 313 |
| LXXXIX—Sūrya, Chitōrgarh, (A. S. Bo.) | ... | 314 |
| XC—Sūrya, Ajmere, etc., (A. S. Bo.) | ... | 314 |
| XCI—Sūrya, Havēri, (A. S. Bo.) | ... | 315 |
| XCII—Sūrya, Nuggehaḷḷi, (A. S. My.) | ... | 316 |
| XCIII—Fig. 1. Sūrya, Mādeyūr | ... | 316 |
| XCIII—Fig. 2. Sūrya, Ajmere, (A. S. Bo.) | ... | 316 |
| XCIV—Fig. 1. Sūryanārāyaṇa, Bēlūr | ... | 316 |
| XCIV—Fig. 2. Sūrya, Madras Museum | ... | 316 |
| XCV—Tōraṇa of a Sūrya temple, Junagarh Museum, (A. S. Bo.) | ... | 317 |

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--- | --- XCVI—The Nava-Grahas, Sūryanārkōyil, (A. S. M.) | ... 323 XCVII—Śrīchakra | ... 330 XCVIII—Do. Śringēri Maṭha | ... 331 XCIX—Fig. 1. Durgā, Ōṇakkūr | ... 341 XCIX—Fig. 2. Do. Mahābalipuram | ... 341 C—Durgā, Mahābalipuram | ... 342 CI—Durgā panel, Mahābalipuram | ... 343 CII—Fig. 1. Kātyāyanī or Mahishāsura-marddanī, Madras Museum | ... 344 CII—Fig. 2. Durgā, Conjeevaram | ... 344 CIII—Kātyāyanī or Mahishasura-marddani, Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōlapuram, (A. S. M.) | ... 345 CIV—Do. Ellora, (A.S.Bo.) | ... 345 CV—Do. Mahābalipuram | ... 347 CVI—Standing figure of Bhadrakāḷī, Tiruppālatturai, (A. S. M.) | ... 357 CVII—Fig. 1. Mahākāḷī, Mādeyūr | ... 358 CVII—Fig. 2. Do. Madras Museum | ... 358 CVIII—Fig. 1. Pārvatī, Ellora | ... 360 CVIII—Fig. 2. Annapūrṇā, Trivandram, (T S. A.) | ... 360 CIX—Śrīdēvī, Mahābalipuram | ... 372 CX—Do. Ellora, (A. S. Bo.) | ... 373 CXI—Fig. 1. Lakshmī, Mādeyūr | ... 373 CXI—Fig. 2. Śrīdēvī, Trivandram, (T.S.A.) | ... 373 CXII—Kollāpura Mahālakshmī | ... 375 CXIII.—Sarasvatī, Gadag (A. S. Bo.) | ... 377 CXIV.—Sarasvatī, Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōlapuram (A.S.M.) | ... 377 CXV.—Sarasvatī, Bāgaḷi (A.S.M.) | ... 377 CXVI.—Fig. 1. Sarasvatī with a vīṇā, Haḷēbīḍu | ... 377 CXVI.—Fig. 2. Sarasvatī ḍancing, Haḷēbīḍu | ... 377 CXVII.—Fig. 1. Śāradādēvī, Trivandram | ... 378 CXVII.—Fig. 2. Vārāhī and Vaishṇavī, Tirunandikkarai | ... 378 CXVIII.—Fig. 1. The Saptamātṛikā Group, Ellora | ... 383

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| CXVIII.—Fig. 2. The Saptamātṛikā Group, Bēḷūr | ... | 383 |
| CXIX.— | Do. | Kumbhakōṇam. | 384 |
| CXX.—Piṭhas of Sapta-Mātṛikās | ... | 386 |
| CXXI.—Jyēshṭhādēvī, Mylapore, Madras | ... | 391 |
| CXXII.— | Do. | Madras Museum | ... | 394 |
| CXXIII.— | Do. | Kumbhakōṇam | ... | 395 |

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Plan of a Viṣṇu temple with seven āvaraṇas and the disposition of the parivāradēvatās in it. To face page 9 of Appendix A.

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Plate 1. App. B.—A figure of Viṣṇu drawn in accordance with the uttamadaśa-tāla measure, To face page 9 of Appendix B.

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Plate 2. App. B.—Foot, palm and ear. Do. 15 of Appendix B.

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Plate 3. App. B.—Front and side view of a face Do. To face page 20 of Appendix B.