The University of Nalanda c12.86

c12.86

The fragmentary figure on the right is identified with the Buddhist goddess Aparājitā.¹ She is trampling upon Gaṇeśa. The figure to the right of the principal goddess seems to be Indra, and the rod held by him seems to be the handle of the parasol required to be held by the gods beginning with Brahmā. If the image were not broken, we could have expected the *Capetadānamudrā* in the right hand of the goddess and the *Tarjanīpāśa* in the left, and a parasol in continuation of the broken handle.²