Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s8.t3.23

v2.c16.s8.t3.23

∗ These two images figure on Pls. XV and XVI of Mr. O. C. Gangoly’s *South Indian Bronzes*. Besides these, he has reproduced two other photographs of the same aspect of Śiva on Pls. I and XIV. In every detail all the four figures agree; for instance, in all, the right leg stands straight on the ground while the left one is slightly bent; all four have four arms, the back hands of which carry the *paraśu* and the *mṛiga* and the two front hands are held in the *kaṭaka* poses required in the *āgamas* and are evidently meant to keep a *viṇā* in them; the very same ornaments, head-gear and clothing are to be seen on all the images. In the case of Pl. I, there is a slight divergence from