Virupaksa Temple, eastern part of n. wall

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dc.contributor.authorKramrisch, Stella
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Pattadakal, Karnataka)
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-15T01:20:51Z
dc.date.available2019-10-15T01:20:51Z
dc.date.created1954
dc.date.updated2019-10-15T01:20:51Z
dc.descriptionThe central buttress has for its main image the 8-armed figure of Kapila, the author of the Sankhya teaching. In him Vishnu (Pradyumna) was incarnated. The 8 arms hold emblems of Vishnu. The right hands show: The gesture of granting Fearlessness (abhayamudra)
dc.descriptionthe cakra or Sun-wheel, ploughshare, sword and mace. The main left hand rests on the hip, the others hold conch, bow and noose (?). A gnome-like Devagana on either side. Below the projecting plinth of Kapila stele is a relief panel of Durga, the Great Goddess, slayer of the Buffalo demon, which helps fill the Ghanadvara. Its pilasters are crowned by an arch of intricate carvings. In the middle, on a console, is Uma-Mahesvara (Siva and Parvati). It is flanked by Makaras with gaping jaws, bodies of feathery foam-scrolls and putti-like Yakshas. The pantheon of the central Rath is framed by outer set of pilasters, on the highest plane of projection. Identical pilasters frame the first projection. On recessed part of wall image slab of Vishnu Varaha is surrounded by the plain surface of the large building stones, whereas the following pier sets off the shape of a small shrine against its intermediate projection... -- Images of Kapila and Vishnu Varaha
dc.descriptionand a Saiva image.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediummounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.identifierANUA 682-1574
dc.identifier.otherIM-635
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/176569
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subjectDeccan-- Chalukya Dynasty-- Pattadakal
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectstone sculpture
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleVirupaksa Temple, eastern part of n. wall
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: S. Kramrisch, The Art of India. London, Phaidon Press, 1954, ill. 66
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1054600 || U4962371

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