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A glance on the above table would show that except the names on their slabs there is no clue in the form of article-attributes or vehicle to co-relate the forms of Nos. 10 and 13 with the gods whose Matrikas they are supposed to portray. Therefore, one is forced to conclude that by the middle of XV cen. A.D. a somewhat faulty tradition had sprung up in Mewar under the inspiring guidance of the erudite Maharana Kumbha to depict the Dikpalini Matrikas among the deities to be venerated, if not, worshipped. And again this is the only datable structural wherein the Dikpalini-Matrikas are sought to be portrayed in any royal monument in Chittor or elsewhere during the period when the royal family of Mewar was struggling to give up its Shaivaite moorings to entertain Vaishnavaite leanings. Of course, this cannot be denied that some stray images from unknown sites and origin are found in different places in Mewar.
For example, one image of Varuni in Ardhaparyankasana and four hands bearing clockwise (beginning with the lower right one) the Varad Mudra+an Aksamala, a goad, a noose, and a Kalash is found on the exterior of the southern limb of the Sasa-Bahu (Sanskrit: Sahatravahu ?) twin-temple complex, Nagada (near Eklingji). This structural is attributed to XI Cen. A.D. when that region was under the sway of the Solankis of Gujarat.
An almost complete set of the Dikpalini Matrikas is found in a dilapidated Shakta temple in the bed of the Baghela Tank (near the Sasa-Bahu twin-temple), Nagada (near Eklingji). The temple pre-dates the tank and as such should have been built in XII-XIII cen. A.D., if not in XI cen. ; but it is also, probably, a relic of the Solanki impact on Mewar.
S.No
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
२४
The details of these images are as follows:
Name
Aindri
Agneyi
Yamya
Chamunda (Emaciated old dry figure of a
woman)
Varuni
Shitala
Kauberi
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Pose
Dvibhanga
Dvibhanga
Dvibhanga
Paryankasana
Dvibhangal
Riding on a
donkey
Dvibhanga
No. of hands
2
4
-Lost
Articles
Goad Thunderbolt Varad Mudra Kalash Ladle Lotus Varad Mudra: Kalash Staff Cock Pen Paper
Resting on thigh: Resting on thigh
Lotus Goad Varad Mudra : Kalash Holding a winnowing pan with both upper hands Vyakhyana Mudra : Kalash
Goad Nakulaka (Lost): Kalash
Vehicle
For Private & Personal Use Only
Elephant
(Lost)
Buffalo
Nil
Crocodile
Donkey
Elephant
Remarks
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