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- 187 - other in the abhayahasta with one left hand holding the fire and the other in danda-hasta pose. But this sculpture is not earlier than the 13th Century A.D. The much earlier figures of a dancing Siva have been found in the Brahmanical cave shrines at Ellora. According to T.A. G. Rao, the 'Katisama' and 'Lalita' dance poses described by Bharata are found in these figures. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayana in her valuable work - 'Classical Indian Dance in Literature and the Arts' has discussed the various sculptural dance poses with the illustration of number of sculptures. 9 MUDRAS OR THE HAND-POSES OF THE IMAGES.
The various poses in which the hands of the images are
shown are quite interesting. They are called Hasta mudras.
Some Mudr膩s like the Vyakhyana mudra, the Jnana mudra or the
Yoga mudra and the hastas like the Varada, the Abhaya, the
Kataka, the Suci, the Danda are most common in Indian
Iconography. The emblem or weapon in the hand of the deity is
also described by the term 'hasta' such as Padma-hasta,
Pustaka-hasta or gad膩-hasta etc.
Twentythree Asanyuta hastas and thirteen Sahyuta hastas
are mentioned by the Visnudharmottara.
The Abhaya-hasta is one of the commonest mudr膩s in
which one or the other hand of the Brahmanical, Buddhist and
Jain images is shown and it stands for the assurance of
protection given by the deity to his worshipper.
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