Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c8.45

v1.c8.45

*Khaṭvāṅga* is a curious sort of club, made up of the bone of the forearm or the leg, to the end of which a human skull is attached through its foramen. (Pl. II, fig. 9). From this description it must be clear that this peculiar weapon comes from very remote antiquity. In the ornate style of the later Cālukya-Hoyṣaḷas, the osseous shaft of this old weapon is dispensed with and a well-turned wooden handle is substituted in its place (see Pl. II, fig. 10).