//Can you tell me
the types of ‘ CHADAMUDI ‘(Hair Types?)
1. Providing
elaborate, graceful and attractive hairstyles (Kesha vinyasa or
kesha-alankara), which besides enhancing the beauty of the sculpture would also
bring out the status, the nature and the attribute of the subject, received a
great deal of attention.
This was one area
along with ornamentation (alamkara) where the shilpis could give wings to their
imagination and enterprise; and exhibit originality.
Some Shipa texts
carry a chapter usually titled Mauli lakshanam, but there is no comprehensive
list of hair styles. Some names are not supported by illustrations; and
therefore we do not know what those style-names imply.
And in some cases
the names of the headgears (kirita or mukuta) have got mixed up with the names
of hair styles.
The following are
some of those Kesha – vinyasas, so far as I know .This is not exhaustive.
(1). Jata-mukuta:
A hair-do; hair arranged in long braids and then tied around. It is raised into
conical form resembling a crown. The height of the jata-mukuta would be about 1
½ times the length of the face.(Shiva , Brahma)
(2). Jata-bhara:
long strands of hair let lose flowing down on to the shoulders, around the
ears. It could be either neatly combed stylishly and decoratively; or be just
disheveled.(Shiva , Dakshinamurthy)
(3). Jata-mandala:
Long strands of thick hair woven into three braids are wound in circular forms
and held behind on the neck like a disc or a fan. Its other variation is: some
braids are let flowing on to shoulder and back. (Shiva)
(4). Sarpa-mauli:
Thick strands of hair are woven (pigtailed) to look like snakes; and, tied up
and arranged turban-like. The hair-do would look like a turban made of
snakes.(Shiva)
(5). Jata-bandha:
Strands of hair made rope-like are wound into ball-shape or spindle-like and
placed atop the head. (Rishis, Devas, Narada)
(6).
Vikirna-Jata-bandha: Strands of hair made rope-like are spread out to flow on
the back, on the shoulders. When the person dances or spins around, the hair-
do spreads and whirls in the air. (Nataraja)
(7). Agni-kesha:
strands of hair either loose or pigtailed spread out horizontally like the
tongues of a spreading flame. (Agni, shakthi, aggressive characters)
(8). Kesha
–Bandha: The strands of hair are neatly combed and arranged into various
conical forms of a series of diminishing tiers and placed in position by tying
up the arrangement securely.
There are
varieties of decorative and stylish hair arrangements under this category. In
most cases the conical hair-do is arranged to look like a mounted crown and decorated
with ornaments. There are countless variations. (Devis and Queens).
(9). Shirastraka:
strands of hair are neatly combed, made into number of bunches and each tied
into number of small knots to look like rows of water-bubbles. The ends of each
bunch are tied into small ball-like knots; and arranged on top of the head.
(The Buddha)
(10). Kuntala:
Long locks of hair neatly combed, parted three-ways and tied into decorative
shapes or ball-like, mounted on top of head either to one side or to the middle
of the head.
The ball-like
arrangement when it is to one side of the head is just over the over the ear
.The hair-do is well ornamented. (Andal, Sathyabhama, Balakrishna)
(11). Dhummila:
collecting the hair, tying up the bunch into knots of various shapes. Bunched
knot is usually placed behind. It is usually as broad as the person’s face ;
and wound into three or four rounds. (Devis, Queens)
(12). Alakacuda:
Specially suited for curly hair. It could be used in depictions of children,
women or even men. Hair is neatly parted in the middle and made into two
bunches one on the right and the other on the left.
Then the bunch on
the left is brought over to the right; and similarly the bunch on the left is
brought to the left. They then are together tied into ball shapes; and held behind
or to the side of the head.
Tiny wisps of hair
are arranged around the face, like bees around a flower. This depiction is
extensively used.(women in queens quarters, and other general use)
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