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J open mouth, lolling tongue, flamboyant manes, protruding eyes stands over the recumbent elephant. The majesty and vigour of the lion in contrast to the attitude of helplessness of the elephant are well expressed by the sculptor. Apart from the 'lion on elephant' motif, the vy膩岣穉 (locally called Vida岣穉) figures are very popular in Orissa. The figures of vy膩岣穉s or vida岣穉s have been frequently used for the decoration of the temple walls of Orissa. The word vy膩岣穉 is a distortion of vika峁璦, which means grotesque. Therefore V.S. Agrawala terms it "Grotesque in India Art".79 Various types of vida岣穉s occur in the j膩ngha of temples of later period. These motifs became a regular feature of Orissan temples. The popular devices include si峁僪a-vida岣穉, gaja-vida岣穉, a艣va-vida岣穉 usually carries a rider on the back. The basic appearance is that of a lion, but the bridle and the rider gives it a composite form. The gaja-vida岣穉 is an imaginative combination of lion and elephant; the body, tail and paws are of the lion but the face is that of an elephant. The nara-vida岣穉 is a unique product of medieval Orissan art and is found at Ko峁嚹乺ka. It is as O.C. Ganguly points out, "a predominating human conception with a benign and smiling face gently placing one of the paws on the head of the prostrate warrior at the feet, almost in a gesture of benediction, the right hand being posed across the breast almost in an equally amiable gesture of bestowing an a艣irv膩da鈥�. Whatever be the type, the Orissan vida岣穉s in all cases are known for their dignified bearing, vitality and liveliness. The vy膩岣穉s are placed in the recesses of the pilaster in the ta岣穉-jangha portion of the b膩岣峚. They are found either on elephant mount or trampling an elephant and belong to different types described in the V膩stu texts. Commenting on the vy膩岣穉 figures of the Orissan temples, M.A. Dhaky remarks, 鈥淭he vy膩岣穉s on the Kalinga temples such as Rajar膩峁嚹�, Brahme艣vara and Lingar膩ja temple at Bhubaneswar are composed, dignified and seem startingly alive, a specific Kalinga trait not paralleled any where else in India.80 The elephants on the temples have been most realistically treated. In the Orissan art the elephants occupy an important place. Lion on elephant is a very common motif found in the temples. The Muktesvara temple (earlier temple) is the only example where we find animal figures in plenty. These include, apart from lions and elephants, crocodiles, tortoise, bull, deer, crab and boar. The horse is noticed to be too frequently represented; but unlike the medieval sculpture of Europe it is far less met with than the lion or the elephant. It is often seen enclosed in panels with beaded borders on the face of the pidh膩s or the basanta of the 51