Plate VII - Hands of Images

Plate VII.A. Buddha
Seated in lalilāsana, the right hand tripatāka,
left hand holding stalk of lotus.
(Javanese, ninth to eleventh century.) (British Museum)

Plate VII.B. Bodhisattva
Seated in padmāsana, the hands in dharmacakra-mudrā.
Nepalese, eighth to ninth century.
(The right hand alone is haṃsāsya.)
(Dr. Coomaraswamy’s collection)

 

C. Haṃsāsya hand, from a
Nepalese image.

D. Kartarī-mukha or mayura
hand (holding stalk of a lotus),
from a Nepalese image.

E. Hands of a Dancing Śiva
right hand Ardha-candra (for patāka),
making Abhaya-mudrā.