Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c9.66

v1.c9.66

In the Nāgēśvarasvāmin temple at Kumbhakōṇam is set up the figure of Uchchhishṭa- Ganapati, the photograph whereof is reproduced as fig. 2 in Pl. XI. It has four hands, and carries in three of them the *paraśu*, the *pāśa* and a *mōdaka*, while the fourth is employed in embracing the goddess. The proboscis of the image is touching the private parts of the goddess, who is herself carrying a flower in her left hand and is touching with her right hand the private parts of Ganapati. The stone image of Uchchhishṭa-Gaṇapati figured on Pl. XII belongs to the Mysore State. As described in the *Mantra-mahārṇava*, this Gaṇapati is seen carrying in his hands the *aṅkuśa*, the *pāśa*, the *dhanus* and the *bāṇa*; in other respects this image is almost similar to the Kumbhakōṇam image.