Images of Jambhala (Kuvera, Vaisravana)
| dc.contributor.author | Bhattasali, Nalinikanta | |
| dc.contributor.author | Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India (Bengal) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-15T00:22:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-15T00:22:58Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1929 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-10-15T00:22:58Z | |
| dc.description | a) Miniature stone image in Lalitaksepa posture. 2 1/2 x 1 1/2. The she-mongoose on the left vomiting a jewel is in reality a living purse (Raghurampur)-- b) 2 ins. high,discovered at Paikpara, Dacca, and worshipped as Siva. Inscription on back in ninth century Bengali, which would suggest that he was identified not only with Kuvera but also with Varuna, the lord of the waters.-- c) Black stone, c. 2 feet high. Worshipped as Siva at the village of Sukhabaspur. Purse (i.e. mongoose) is vomiting a jewel, while jewel casket is overturned under the god's right foot. e) [sic] 10-inch high greyish-black stone, worshipped in same place in same temple. | |
| dc.format.extent | 35mm | |
| dc.format.medium | mounted transparency | |
| dc.format.medium | b&w | |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/tiff | |
| dc.identifier | ANUA 682-1010 | |
| dc.identifier.other | IM-115 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/176003 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
| dc.provenance | Digitised by the Australian National University in 2019 | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Basham Collection | |
| dc.rights.license | This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use. | |
| dc.subject | Bengal & Bihar-- Sculpture - Bengal & Bihar, Buddhist | |
| dc.subject | stone sculpture | |
| dc.subject | book scan | |
| dc.title | Images of Jambhala (Kuvera, Vaisravana) | |
| dc.type | Image | |
| dspace.entity.type | ANUArchivesItem | |
| local.description.notes | Source: Nalini Kanta Bhattesali, Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures in the Dacca Museum, Dacca, 1929, Pl. XI |
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