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Subject: Jaina Sarvatobhadrika, Yati, seated

Subject: Jaina Sarvatobhadrika, Yati, seated

Subject: Jaina Sarvatobhadrika, Jina, seated

Subject: Jaina Sarvatobhadrika, Jina, seated

Subject: Mahishasuramardani, east karna, gudhamandapa (closed hall), east wall

Subject: Mahishasuramardani, east karna, gudhamandapa (closed hall), east wall

Subject: Mahishasuramardani, karna, gudhamandapa (closed hall), sourh wall

Subject: Mahishasuramardani, karna, gudhamandapa (closed hall), sourh wall

Subject: General view

Subject: Camunda, karna, gudhamandapa (closed hall), south wall

Subject: Triple domed canopy

Subject: Dakini

Subject: Male attendant

Subject: Lajja Gauri: This image of Lajja Gauri is lotus headed with a human female body. The legs are in uttanapad (birth giving) pose, the arms are held up by the sides of the lotus head with a bud in each hand and the torso includes breasts.

Subject: Lajja Gauri: This image of Lajja Gauri is lotus headed with a human female body. The legs are in uttanapad (birth giving) pose, the arms are held up by the sides of the lotus head with a bud in each hand and the torso includes breasts.

Subject: Lajja Gauri: This image of Lajja Gauri is lotus headed with a human female body. The legs are in uttanapad (birth giving) pose, the arms are held up by the sides of the lotus head with a bud in each hand and the torso includes breasts.

Subject: Lajja Gauri: This image of Lajja Gauri is lotus headed with a human female body. The legs are in uttanapad (birth giving) pose, the arms are held up by the sides of the lotus head with a bud in each hand and the torso includes breasts.

Subject: Lajja Gauri: This representation of Lajja Gauri is in the form of uttanapad (birth giving position) pot-goddess. It is personified purna kumbha, or brimming vase of fortune. The legs are joined to a truncated torso that may be perceived either as the pudendum, belly, and lower rib cage of a female figure or a traditional purna kumbha. The potlike lower torso is topped by a lotus flower. The vase brimming with lotus flowers is a traditional symbol of fortune, life and procreative power.

Subject: Baubo: The Roman Baubo is typically represented either in a pose with legs spread as if seated in a saddle, with her hands holding up food, or seated with legs spread and her hands spreading her genitals. Some scholars believe that the Roman Baubo is similar to the fertility figures of Lajja Gauri.

Subject: Multifigured plaque: This is a plaque with a group of gods in a row. The first goddess has a purna kumbha or pot torso resembling the image of Lajja Gauri.

Subject: Goddess Gajalakshmi: Outline of goddess Gajalakshmi, bathed by two elephants. The elephant on the left holds a lotus in his trunk over the goddess's head. A lamp is on each side of the lotus throne, below the lamp on the left is a lotus while below that on the right is a conch.

Subject: Stupa casing slab: The purna kumbha or full pot is an auspicious symbol that is decorated with a mekhala or a jeweled girdle. A mekhala appears on images of goddesses and Lajja Gauri's torso portion.

Subject: Lajja Gauri with other figures: This large stone piece has an image of lotus-headed Lajja Gauri in a series including from left to right: a mongoose , a monkey in a tree, the goddess, a man riding forward on a bull or buffalo, and an umbrella bearer leading the procession. The tank was probably an addition to the Early Chalukya temple made by Rashtrakutas. The scene may illustrate a local story concerning Lajja Gauri.

Subject: Lajja Gauri with other figures (bull, devotee, lion): This figure of Lajja Gauri was found in the excavation of a Shiva temple at Keesaragutta, Telangana. It was found buried under the base of the altar and an earthen pot bearing six female figures and a human skeleton were found buried nearby. Probably this stone plaque was a ritual item, buried to consecrate the land for sacred use as according to Vedic rituals. In this plaque the goddess holds a linga (right) and a lion face (left), while below, a bull (right) faces the linga and a kneeling devotee (left) faces the goddess with a bowl of food as an offering.