A Pandaram blowing his brass mounted conch and holding his morchal and a cymbal and stick.
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A Pandaram blowing his brass mounted conch and holding his morchal and a cymbal and stick. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Pendara pauvre.’ Note: Pandarams are Saiva shudra ascetics, who blow their conches during the worship of the ‘lingam’.
A Srivaisnava priest holding a gold water-vessel in left hand, a bell in his right.
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A Srivaisnava priest holding a gold water-vessel in left hand, a bell in his right. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Whistony ou serviteur des pagodas.’ Note: cf. ‘Wistnouwaes’ in Hobson-Jobson under ‘Vaishnava.’