Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c26.94

v4.c26.94

Fig. 1, Pl. CXXVI is a piece of ivory carving executed in the School of Arts at Trivandram and closely resembles the previous sculpture. Fig. 2 on the same plate represents Subrahmaṇya as seated upon the peacock; the right leg is hanging while the left one is bent and rested upon the peacock. The front hands are in the abhaya and the varada poses, and the back hands keep in them the śakti and the vajra. Fig. 3 on the same plate portrays Subrahmaṇya as seated upon the peacock, embracing his consort with his right arm and keeping in his left hand a bow; whereas the Dēvī embraces her lord with her left arm and carries in her right hand an arrow. Fig. 2 may be taken as Śikhivāhana and fig. 3 as Sēnāpati.