the other left and right hand should hold the antelope and the drum respectively Saravati (consort of Brahma and goddess of learning] should be placed on a lotus pedestal and seated in the cross-legged posture Similarly, rules were also laid down for a scale of bodily proportions, distinguishing deities from mortals. It was assumed, though not stated, that more than two arms were necessary to express divine omnipotence, and more than two eyes to suggest all seeing omniscience.
Such sculptures were easily misunder-stood as objects of worship in them selves, rather than representations that could be consecrated or charged with divine spirit by ritual.