Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c8.3

v1.c8.3

The sculpturing of the several objects shown in the hands of Hindu images differs from place to place; sometimes they are not alike even in the same place. The simple, yet striking, representations of these in the early Chālukya, Pallava, and other styles of sculpture are no less artistic than the minute and elaborate carvings of the later Chālukya-Hoysaḷa school. In the detailed description of these objects given below, only their important variations are noticed.