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Yakshas given in the Mahabharata, the Buddhist literature and
the Pur膩nas, we find most of the Vedic gods are identified as
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yakshas. Again, the association of lotus and the goddess Gaja-
Lakshmi with yaksha is found in the stupas at Sanchi. Moreover,
reference to wings to the sun-god (Surya) has not been found in
literature. Taking into consideration of all these facts, we are
inclined to accept the identification of Mr. P.C. Dasgupta who
identifies this winged figure as a yaksha.
The upper part of a similar winged yaksha belonging to the
Sunga period has also been collected by Mr. P.C. Dasgupta and it
38 is now preserved in the Asutosh Museum. The same authority, in
this context, also cites almost similar two miniature female
terracotta figurines recovered from Basarh (old Vaisal鈧�),U.P.39
and identifies these figurines as yakshini. 40
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This plaque (Fig.- 18) portrays a seated musician playing
on a stringed vina. The fashion of wearing dhoti, head-dress and
the general features of the figure remind us of his humble origin.
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39.
Folklore, Vol. - VII, No. - 1, January, 1966, p. 8
Ghosh, N., Concept and Iconography of the goddess of Abundance
and Fortune in three Religions of India, p. 81 & Plate- XXIII,
Fig.
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Indian Folklore, 1958, pp. 23 f.
Coomaraswamy, History of Indian and Indonesian Art, p. 21.
40. Medini Sanskriti, Ist year, B.S. 1363, p. 5. But according to
Coomaraswamy these may have been "Votive tablets or auspicious
representations of mother goddesses and bestowers of fertility
and Proto-types of Mayadevi and Lakshmi" (Coomaraswamy, op.cit.,
p. 21)