Mudgar

"Mudgarpani" Yaksha
Mathura, 100 BCE

Mudgarpani ("Mace-holder") Yaksha, Art of Mathura, 100 BCE.^[1] This colossal statue in the round is 1.96 meters tall.^[1] The right hand holds a mudgar, the left hand used to support a small standing devotee or child joining hands in prayer.^[2]

A mudgar (Sanskrit: मुद्गर, romanized: mudgara) or mudgara^[3] is a type of gada (mace) from India, and it is generally considered to be made of wood, but can also be made of iron.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Dated 100 BCE in Fig.88 in Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. p. 368, Fig. 88. ISBN 9789004155374.
^ Fig. 85 in Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. p. Fig.85, p.365. ISBN 9789004155374.
^ Books, Kausiki (2021-10-24). Skanda Purana: Brahma Khanda: Dharmottara Khanda: English Translation only without Slokas. Kausiki Books. p. 169.
^ Bulletin of the Victoria Memorial. Trustees of the Victoria Memorial. 1973. p. 49.

[SRQF88-1] Dated 100 BCE in Fig.88 in Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. p. 368, Fig. 88. ISBN 9789004155374.

[2] Fig. 85 in Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. p. Fig.85, p.365. ISBN 9789004155374.

[3] Books, Kausiki (2021-10-24). Skanda Purana: Brahma Khanda: Dharmottara Khanda: English Translation only without Slokas. Kausiki Books. p. 169.

[4] Bulletin of the Victoria Memorial. Trustees of the Victoria Memorial. 1973. p. 49.

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