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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
 
1. शम्भोर्मुतिश्चरति 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.