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on Sachi and other should carries thunder bolt. The Rupavatara 110
also described Indra as a four handed deity however, with different
attributes, Ankusha and Kamandalu in two of his hands and other
two should have been in Varada mudra. Thus, with the increasing
number of hand, our ancestral theologist might have tried to impose
a super human or magical status to the guardian of eastern quarter
probably, to expose the influence of Tantric sadhana. In this
connection, it is also interesting that the four handed Indra always
be a phenomenal representation primarily because of its rare
availability. According to B Sahai, they are not only unknown to
north India but even in south India also they are being rarely
available.111
Whatever might be the number of hands but the
identical emblem of Indra are as 1) Vajra 2) Ankusha 3) Shakti 4)
Utpala 5) Kamandalu 6) Varadamudra. The text like The Brihat
Samhita, the Vishnudharmottara Purana prescribed him as the
three eyed god while the Matshya Purana described him as being
adorned with thousand eyes. His well ornamented stand has
generally been received by the attendant divinities mainly, the
consort who is enjoined sometimes to be seated on his lap.
Sometimes he is said to be accompanied by two females holding
Parasol and Flywhisk each. 112
With this brief discussion, the elegant looking
sculpture in the site museum at Madan-Kamdeva has successfully
assigned a new dimension to the grandeur and dignity of this
centre of plastic activities. Referring to its skillful execution with
110. Sahai, B. : Op-cit, 1975, p. 13.
111. Ibid, p. 26.
112. Barpujari, H.K.(ed.): Op-cit, 1990, p. 412.