Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s8.54
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s8.54
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There is still another very famous head dress called **Kākapakṣa** (mastaka-pārśvadvaye keśaracanā-viśeṣaḥ). It is only style of doing the hair like those in very young boys. It was being used by Eastern Indian artists in the in the representation of youthful Kṛṣṇa and other divinities from the late Gupta period onwards. Dr. Bannerjea illustrates this mode in some figures of Kṛṣṇa at Paharpur.