South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c12.s2.51

c12.s2.51

¹ These are the two gods Nāsatya and Dasra mentioned in the Vēdas. They are of the form of a horse except in their faces and are found together, seated on the same lion-pedestal. In two of their arms they exhibit the *abhaya* and the book. On their right are represented the medical herbs *Mritasamjivanī* and *Visalyakaranī* and on their left, the sages Dhanvantari and Ātrēya (?).