Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s8.49
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s8.49
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It may be noted that in the above tabulation the 3rd, 4th and 5th denote different types of crowns, while the rest so many different modes of dressing the hair. The jaṭamakuṭa, consists of matted locks of hair, done up into the form of a tall crown on the centre of the head. It is very often adorned with jewels, a crescent and skull (cf. Rudra-Śiva, who is also named ‘Kapardī’ (meaning one whose matted locks wave spirally upward like the top of a shell). Dr. Bennerjea observes: ‘Some Buddha figures of Saka-Kushān period at Mathura have the Kaparda type of jaṭamakuta on their heads.