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the site museum at Madan-Kamdeva in number of groups
depending on their stereotype representation as we codified them
during the field visit session of our study. Thus, the first group of
our discussion comprises of three Surya sculpture (fig 1:1, 1:2,
1:3); all of them suffered from age old erosions, however comparing
to other two sculptures, the amount of erosions, in case of the
figures no 1:2 look to more devastating as the facial portion of the
image is now in a state beyond of its identification.
Iconographical traits and present physical conditions
of these sculptures in brief are as follows:
Fig 1:1
a)
Condition: eroded and partially damaged
b)
Length
: 44 cm
Width : 17 cm
c)
Posture
: tribhanga
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d)
Hands
: four
e)
Emblems
:
(i)
Upper left hand- lotus bud with a stalk
(ii) Upper right hand- almost a vanishing sign of
lotus bud with stalk
(iii)
.
Left lower hand- erosions have made it quite
difficult to identify the exact emblem or mudra
of the hand. But it look like to be in inverted
Hiranya mudra with two middle finger stressed
close to the palm as if in holding something like
kamandalu or Japamala.
(iv)
Lower left hand-completely damaged.