Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s3.25
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s3.25
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**Kaṭyavalambita—or Kaṭisaṁsthita-hasta :**—It is the pose in which ‘the arm is let down so as to hang by the side of the body, and the hand is made to rest on the loin, indicating thus a posture of ease’—Rao. This is the most popular and commonly met mudrā in the artistic remains. Coomarswamy takes it as the iconographic pose par execllence in ancient and medieval India. Dr. Bannerjea has a long ist to represent this pose, a tabulation of some of the more famous ones is given below vide—Early Indian coin-devices: