Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 12. (Budapest, 1970)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM — MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Sivaramamurti, C: The Expressive Quality of Indian Sculpture

Fig. 2. Bacchanalian Scene. Mathura (front view) Earnestness of pupils commencing their studies is indicated in a long passage repeated by them on the Sravanapurnima day. On this occasion, the hands are specially clasped to indicate this determination to learn. It is on the Sravanapurnima day the Vedic studies begin. The story of the jataka where the Bodhisattva goes to school is just indicated at Barabudur in this fashion. This is a living tradition and in India, particularly in the South, long rows of people with hands clasped in sankalpa indicate this ritual of the beginning of studies performed every year. One of the most magnificent sculptures of Varaha is of the Gupta period from Udayagiri in Central India. The snake Sesha shown at the feet indicates the nether-world, his abode; and the oceans all around are suggested by a