. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . of six chimericalmonsters, each nearly a foot in height, in mutual combat, and inperfect relief. Above is a smaller series, depicting the Avatars,or incarnations of the divinity. On the left, Kurma, the tortoise,having quitted his shell, of which he makes [711] a pedestal,denotes the termination of the catastrophe. Another marinemonster, half boar (Varaha), half fish, appears recovering theYoni, the symbol of production, from the alluvion, by his to him is Narasinha, tearing in pieces a tyranni
. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . of six chimericalmonsters, each nearly a foot in height, in mutual combat, and inperfect relief. Above is a smaller series, depicting the Avatars,or incarnations of the divinity. On the left, Kurma, the tortoise,having quitted his shell, of which he makes [711] a pedestal,denotes the termination of the catastrophe. Another marinemonster, half boar (Varaha), half fish, appears recovering theYoni, the symbol of production, from the alluvion, by his to him is Narasinha, tearing in pieces a tyrannical king,with other allegorical mysteries having no relation to the tenincarnations, but being a mythology quite distinct, and whichnone of the well-informed men around me could interpret: a cer-tain proof of its antiquity. 1 [See a photograph of a fine panel from a temple at Deogarh, in theLalitpur subdivision of the Jhansi District, United Provinces, representingVishnu reclining on the serpent Ananta, the symbol of eternity, with theother gods watching from above (Smith, HFA, 163).]. y a £ ^ ,1, ^ rt ^ o VcA ^ z 2 ^, ^B| jK ^ -igjyo o ^ ^fe<M y. cd i|^^ <, ^ ^^^% X. a.^^^tr < ^% i. %*?
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