The Gaja Kundala: Elephant-Form Ear Ornaments in Hindu Sacred Sculpture

Gaja Kundala: Symbolism and Sculptural Canon of the Elephant Earring in Hindu IconographyAmong the many forms of ear ornamentation prescribed in the Hindu sculptural tradition, the gaja kundala occupies a distinctive and symbolically charged position. A zoomorphic earring modeled in the likeness of an elephant, it belongs to the broader family of kundalas — the circular or ring-like ear ornaments

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