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Kartikeya generally has his coiffure arranged in the sikh膩峁囜笉aka mode, consisting of looped- meshes, characteristic of boyhood and is richly bejeweled with the foremost ornament being the vy膩ghranakha, necklace of tiger-claws and tortoise pendants. He holds the 艣akti in one of his hands and is accompanied by his peacock-mount who frequently trods on a serpent. Towards the end of the 9th century AD the kuku峁璦 (rooster cock) is added as an attribute, which he holds in one of his hands. On later standing images, the kuku峁璦 is invariably held in the major left hand near his hip while a small image of Devase峁嚹� stands below holding its feet with her uplifted right hand. In most of the early images of Kartikeya hold a vija-puraka (ball of meal) in one of his hands while in several late examples the 艣akti is replaced by a trident. 艢膩kta Images:- The extant 艢膩kta images in Orissa are also quite numerous. It will be difficult even to give a short account of all these images and here only a brief references can be made to the important forms of the dev墨. P膩rvat墨 in a standing pose is usually placed as the p盲rsvadevat膩 in a 艢aiva shrine and fine chlorite images of the goddess are known from the Somava峁僺i times. As an example, we may refer to the very beautiful image of P膩rvat墨 in the northern niche of the Lingar膩ja temple. Besides being worshipped as the presiding deity, Mahisamardini is also known in the role of the p膩r艣vadevat膩. Two armed figure of Mahisamardini from the Viraj膩 temple, assigned to the Gupta period shows the earliest form of the goddess in Orissan art. Beginning with a two-armed image the form developed into four armed image, eight armed and ten-armed ones with characteristic attributes. Again Mahisamardin墨 images can be divided into three distinct types taking into account the changes in the form of the buffalo demon. In the early images the demon appears in buffalo form, next he is shown with human body and buffalo head; and finally the form crystallizes into human form issuing out from the decapitated trunk of a buffalo. The important images of Mahisamardini are known from Bhubaneswara (Vait膩岣穉, 艢isire艣vara and Lingar膩ja temple compound), Khiching, Oras膩hi, Vate艣vara (Bhagabati compound), 艢ukle艣vara, Adaspur, Moti膩, Ambapad膩 and other places. 63