कनकधारास्तोत्रं सानुवादम् /8

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
 

 
1. शम्भोर्मुमूर्तिश्चरति भुवने शङ्कराचार्यरूपा
 

 
Bhagavatpāda Sankara with Vyāsa, Pallava, 8th

century A.D. Kanchipuram.
 

 
2. Sirima Devata with label sirimā devata in early

Brahmi letters, Sunga, and 2nd century B.C.,

Bhārhut, Indian Museum.
 

 
3. Gajalakshmi on eastern torana gateway, Sāta-

vāhana, 2nd century B.C., Sanchi.
 

 
4. Gajalakshmi on reverse of Sujyeshtha's coin, 2nd

century B.C.
 

 
5. Rājyalakshmi seated on lion simhasana with

cornucopia (kośa) and noose (danda) on reverse of

Gupta coin, 4th century A.D.
 

 
6. Dhanalakshmi flanked by the treasures Padma

(lotus) and Sankha (conch) on reverse of

Kumāragupta's coin, 5th century A.D.
 

 
7. Kalpavriksha (wish-fulfilling tree) crowning piece

of dhvaja (banner) of Lakshmi's shrine with nidhis

at its roots, Sunga, 2nd century B.C., Besnagar,

Indian Museum.
 

 
8. Lakshmi in anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, symbo-

lic and botanical forms on Kuninda Amogha-

bhūti's coin, 1st century A.D.