Tribhanga
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Tribhaṅga or Tribunga is a standing body position or stance used in traditional Indian art and Indian classical dance forms like the Odissi, where the body bends in one direction at the knees, the oth
Bhutesvara Yakshis (2nd century CE), Mathura art
Ardhanarishvara, the composite deity of Shiva and his consort Parvati. As in other images of this form, the tribhanga is accentuated by the gender differences at hip and shoulders.
Dancing Girl from Mohenjo-Daro, c. 2300–1750 BCE
Buddhist yakshi at Bharhut, c. 100 BCE
Salabhanjika
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A salabhanjika or shalabhanjika is a term found in Indian art and literature with a variety of meanings. In Buddhist art, it means an image of a woman or yakshi next to, often holding, a tree, or a re
Salabhanjika, Hoysala era sculpture, Belur, Karnataka, India
Birth of the Buddha, Gandhara, Kushan dynasty, 200s AD
Shalabhanjika on Eastern Torana (gateway) under a tree, at the Buddhist Sanchi Stupa site
Built about 1100 CE, the Iswara Hindu temple in Jalasangvi Karnataka features many salabhanjikas, none with any tree. Among these is a woman writing a Sanskrit inscription in Kannada script on a slab.