A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s4.9
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s4.9
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c13.s4.9
‘Beginning on the north side with the Saiva sculptures—the first from the door is Bhairava or Mahādeva in his terrible form; and a more vivid picture of the terrific a very diseased imagination only could embody. The gigantic figure lounges forward holding up his elephant-hide, with necklace of skulls (*muṇḍmālā*) depending below his loins; round him a cobra is knotted, his open mouth showing large teeth, while