Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c32.39

v4.c32.39

and is of the later Hoysaḷa period. It is also a standing figure, under a very artistically and delicately carved umbrella and *prabhāvaḷi* and ornamented with beautifully executed ornaments. It carries in its hands an *akshamālā*, a *pāśa* the *sruk* and the *sruva* and a *kamaṇḍalu*. On either side of Brahmā stands a woman carrying a *chāmara* (chauri); perhaps they represent Sarasvatī and Sāvitrī.