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Salabhanjika or Shalabhanjika refers to the sculpture of a woman, displaying stylized feminine features, standing near a tree and grasping a branch.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =salabhanjika )〕 The name of these figures comes from the Sanskrit ''śālabhañjikā'' meaning 'breaking a branch of a sala tree'. They are also known as ''madanakai'', ''madanika'' or ''shilabalika''. ==Artistic tradition== The shalabhanjika is a standard decorative element of Indian sculpture, a graceful stone sculpture representing a young female under a stylized tree in various poses, such as dancing, grooming herself or playing a musical instrument. The salabhanjika's female features, like breasts and hips, are often exaggerated. Frequently these sculpted figures display complex hairdos and an abundance of jewelry. The shalabhanjika concept stems from ancient symbolism linking a chaste maiden with the sala tree or the asoka tree through the ritual called ''dohada'', or the fertilisation of plants through contact with a young woman. The symbolism changed over the course of time and the shalabhanjika became figures used as ornamental carvings, usually located in the area where worshipers engage in circumambulation, near the garbhagriha of many Hindu temples.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Salabhanjika )〕 Placed at an angle, salabhanjika figures also were used in temple architecture as a bracket figures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Hoysala heritage )〕 Salabhanjikas are also often mentioned in ancient and modern Indian literature. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salabhanjika」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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