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ments in art have deteriorated by long neglect. But it means
little for scholars like you who have mastered the science of
the arts of Brahmā, Indra and Parāśara]. I have however
a request to make. You have seen the image of Visņu reclin-
ing on his serpent bed on the shore of Mahāmallapuram (the
modern Mahabalipuram); I found one of the arms of the
image broken and I have refitted it. Please see if my refitting
is worthy of the image which is a work of art of the great
ancient architects". Then [Raṇamalla alias Virapatāka,] a
friend of Dandin and son of a general said, "Sir, let us comply
with the request of the architect. Our friends Mātṛdatta [and
Devaśarman] who have come from Kerala to see you are
now at Mahāmallapuram; we can meet them also."
(Av. Sāra I. 37-46; Av. pp. 12-14)
The next day they started [with Jayantanārāyaṇa and
other friends] to see the image. On the shore, they sighted a
lofty palace, [all in white, and the tumultuous billows dashing
against its base.] Proceeding a little distance, they beheld
They
the image, the sea brushing its feet with gentle ripples.
came close to the image but could not discover any trace of
mending in the arms. They asked the architect which of the
arms he had mended. Lalitālaya bowed to them and said that
his labours were amply rewarded.
Origin of the Story
By this time, they saw a big red lotus floating over the
sea and moving slowly towards the image. It touched the feet
of the image and suddenly turned into a Vidyadhara equipped
with arms and ornaments. When Dandin and his friends
were looking aghast, the Vidyādhara went round, made
obeisance to the deity and vanished in the sky. [Rāma-
śarman,] one of the party and a native of the Cola
country, asked Dandin if he could unravel the mystery.
"This much, however,
Yes, it is a mystery" said Dandin.
can be imagined; a celestial being offended a sage in an
incident connected with flowers and the angry sage cursed
him to change into a lotus flower; and the flower having
floated over the sea for long ages, recovered its original form,
at the touch of the image. Let us now go back home."
Filled with wonder, the party returned to Kāñci and
Then
Dandin's friends pressed him to unravel the mystery.
Dandin observed a course of austerities lasting many days
and worshipped Vișņu with intense devotion, sleeping on
"(
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ments in art have deteriorated by long neglect. But it means
little for scholars like you who have mastered the science of
the arts of Brahmā, Indra and Parāśara]. I have however
a request to make. You have seen the image of Visņu reclin-
ing on his serpent bed on the shore of Mahāmallapuram (the
modern Mahabalipuram); I found one of the arms of the
image broken and I have refitted it. Please see if my refitting
is worthy of the image which is a work of art of the great
ancient architects". Then [Raṇamalla alias Virapatāka,] a
friend of Dandin and son of a general said, "Sir, let us comply
with the request of the architect. Our friends Mātṛdatta [and
Devaśarman] who have come from Kerala to see you are
now at Mahāmallapuram; we can meet them also."
(Av. Sāra I. 37-46; Av. pp. 12-14)
The next day they started [with Jayantanārāyaṇa and
other friends] to see the image. On the shore, they sighted a
lofty palace, [all in white, and the tumultuous billows dashing
against its base.] Proceeding a little distance, they beheld
They
the image, the sea brushing its feet with gentle ripples.
came close to the image but could not discover any trace of
mending in the arms. They asked the architect which of the
arms he had mended. Lalitālaya bowed to them and said that
his labours were amply rewarded.
Origin of the Story
By this time, they saw a big red lotus floating over the
sea and moving slowly towards the image. It touched the feet
of the image and suddenly turned into a Vidyadhara equipped
with arms and ornaments. When Dandin and his friends
were looking aghast, the Vidyādhara went round, made
obeisance to the deity and vanished in the sky. [Rāma-
śarman,] one of the party and a native of the Cola
country, asked Dandin if he could unravel the mystery.
"This much, however,
Yes, it is a mystery" said Dandin.
can be imagined; a celestial being offended a sage in an
incident connected with flowers and the angry sage cursed
him to change into a lotus flower; and the flower having
floated over the sea for long ages, recovered its original form,
at the touch of the image. Let us now go back home."
Filled with wonder, the party returned to Kāñci and
Then
Dandin's friends pressed him to unravel the mystery.
Dandin observed a course of austerities lasting many days
and worshipped Vișņu with intense devotion, sleeping on
"(