Figures of the two Lower Reliefs on the Parsvanatha Temple at Khajuraho

SR No.: 250093
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Klaus Bruhn
Publisher: Z_Vijay_Vallabh_suri_Smarak_Granth_012060.pdf
Publication Year: 1956
Total Pages: 30
Language: English
Classification: Article & Tirth
File Size: 4 MB

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BRUHN : KHAJURAHO B THE FIGURES ON THE OUTER WALLS OF THE GARBHAGAHA a. The dik pālas (order of succession : r.u. arm/1.u.//r.1./1.1.)
ankuśa/padma (half-opened, stalk)//kați/vajra (gaja) Agni: sakti (sruk?) /pustaka (?)//abhaya/kamandalu (hanging)
(beard, meşa) Yama: pustaka/sarpa (1)//kați/khatvānga (moustache, mțga?) Nirsti : ./. /sarpa (1)//khadga (?)/śiras (sarpa on the head, round the
neck, and round the arms; svan) Varuņa : pustaka (?) / ./. // kați/? (vāhana) Vāyu : mālā (dhvaja?) kept in both upper arms//
gadā (ankuśa?)/kamandalu (hanging) (hirana) Kubera padmasarpa/padma (half-opened)//kați/nakula (vähana) Išāna: sarpa/padma (half-opened)//triśūla / ./. (padmapāņi, Nandi) b. The Sivas (order of succession as in a.)
triśüla/sarpa (1), but I 2, I 13, II 11, III 12: sarpa (3)
akşamālā/kamandalu (hanging) (Nandi) c. The couples (all [except II 10] MF, all = 0, all only two arms) I 4u = II 5u (of mandapa), but pața instead of padmasarpa I 6 kați/ālingana (kantha)//n.r./beard of the male I 10u = II 54, but padma (half-opened, stalk) instead of padmasarpa I 124 right arm of the female/ālingana (kantha)//paţa/abhaya II 2u
= II 54, but padma (bud, stalk) instead of padmasarpa II 4u left arm of the female/āl. (kantha) //al. (kantha)/śộnkhalā (?) II gu left hand of the female/ālingana//al. (kantha) /hand empty II 104 (FM) right thigh of the male/pața/lälingana (kantha)/? III 24 right arm of the female/ālingana (kantha)//touching her left
breast/downwards III 4u dhanuşkarşana/ālingana//ālingana (kantha) /pustaka III 84
maithuna III 104 outer hands put into one another, inner h. on outer shoulders d. The female figures: all = 0, all n.f. e. The tirtham k ar as etc. I 1
lower panel : T(-:-), upper panel : Bāhubalin I 8
1.p. T(-:-), u.p. T( -) II 6 l.p. T with ardhacandra (=Candraprabha), u.p. T with
makara (?,= Suvidhi ?) III 6 1.p. T with makara (?), u.p. T(-:-)