Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s6.40

v2.c16.s6.40

Śiva and Pārvatī are seated upon the mountain Kailāsa which the artist has in the conventional manner represented as a pile of rhomboidal pieces. Surrounding this pair are seen two of his own attendants and two female attendants of Pārvatī and on either side are two of the gaṇas, dwarfish little fellows standing in a very reverential attitude. Below the mountain is to be seen Rāvaṇa, of mighty strength trying to up-root the Kailāsa hill. His posture is suggestive of the display of his strong muscular energy. Pārvatī, in great fear, embraces the well-proportioned and well-built body of Śiva, who is calm and unperturbed, and is seen in his turn embracing and reassuring his frightened consort.