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Date: ca 700-799 CE
Subject: Seal of Traividya of Bhallatavataka. It Is an impression of a circular seal. Inside the seal, a male divinity figure with protuberant abdomen sits on lotus-seat (padmasana), while below him two text lines demarcate the seal into two planes with top having the image and lower portion having Sanskrit inscription written in nagari script. The text is roughly translated as ; "Of the illustrious Traividya, chief of the agrahara of Bhallatavataka" (1. Bhallatavataka-agrahare[sa]- 2. Srmat-Traividyasya). On the top right crescent represents the moon, while on top left there is a circle representing the sun. The divinity figure holds in his right hand a rosary and in his left hand a narrow necked spouted vessel (mangala-kalasa). Image scanned from a black-and-white negatives of 2" x 2" size.





