A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.77

c13.s6.77

Another excellent little image, 3⅛ inches high, likewise the property of Dr. Coomaraswamy, represents the minor deity Jambhala, or Kuvera, the well-contented god of riches (Fig. 196), whose effigy in various forms is frequently found in the ruins of Buddhist monasteries in India and Java (*ante*, pp. 115, 137, 205). His right hand grasps a fruit; the left rests upon the mongoose, or ichneumon, sacred to him. The owner's criticism is as follows:—