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Angadi (Chikmaglur, Karnataka), 11th century (p. 113)
a cushion. Her lion mount facing right is shown below the cushion. She holds a baby in her right hand while the left hand holds an āmra-lumbi, the attributes apparently are here juxtaposed. She wears beautiful green coloured sari decorated with pink coloured rosettes. The goddess, benign in appearance, is labelled as Ambai.
Another painting of Ambikā from the palm-leaf manuscript of the Neminātha-caritra of Hemacandra's Trişaşti-salākāpurusa-caritra, is preserved in the Sāntinātha Temple Bhandāra at Cambay. The painting, dated V.S. 1298 (A.D. 1241), renders the four-armed Ambikā, having golden complexion, with a child seated in her lower right hand. Of the remaining three hands, two carry āmra-lumbi, while the lower left bears only a mango fruit. The painting reminds us of her alike renderings in the Vimala Vasahi and the Kharatara Vasahi at Mt. Abu. Ambikā, fully ornamented and dressed in dhoti and fluttering scrarf, sits on a cushion in lalitāsana. Below her cushion there appears a crouched lion. The elder son (nude) Subhankara stands close to her. The goddess with smiling face wears beautiful black sārī decorated with white coloured cross-like design. The entire colour scheme and well
