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IMAGES OF KRISHNA
NAVANITA-NRITTA-MURTI
PARTHASARATHI
VENU-GOPALA (Pls. 150-151)
KALIYA-MARDAKA-KRISHNA
(PI. 152)
COVARDHANA-DHARA-KRISHNA
(Pl. 153)
General
Dancing with joy. Stands on left leg, bent at knce and right leg lifted Krishna as a youth
Krishua as child dances upon the hood of the serpent Kaliya to destroy it
Playing on the flute. Stands Charioteer of Partha crect on left leg, with right (Arjuna) leg thrown across behind or in front to touch the ground. Stands in tribhanga
Body is bent to the left or the right. Cows, cowherds and cow-herdesses shown taking shelter under the Govardhana mountain raised aloft by Krishna to save all from the deluge
Hands
Right hand in protection attitude or holding a ball of butter
Flute in two hands (not shown in bronzes but hands in attitude of playing Nute)
Supports mount Govardhana with either the right or the left hand; the other hand hangs loose by the side
Holds reins in one hand and cane in the other. Sometimes the right hand is held in the preaching attitude (vyak hayanamudra), or R.h.conch, L.h.--in boon-giving attitude
Holds the tail of the Serpent in his left hand and holds his right hand like a streamer. One hand in protection pose
OR Stamps with left foot the body of serpent, with right foot on its hood
KRISHNA-ENERAL
Hands
Two
Objects in hanes
R.. - a curved stick.
L.h.--lifted up and bent at the elbow. May hold a conch in this hand
Misc.
Clothed in red garments. Ornamented. Kirila crown. Colour blue Companions--Rukmini on right--flowery head-dress. L.H.--lotus: R.N.-hangs loose by Ilac side
Satyabhama on left-decorative hair-dress. R.J.- flower. L.h.---hangs loose. Both these may wear a karanda crown
