Aniconic

Bakhtin's ideas are flagship in the recension of any narrative in the works of recent researchers.

However, critics have cautioned against an indiscriminate and euphoric application of the key concepts like heteroglossia, polyphony, and carnivalesque to broach any topic of discussion.

A direct dereliction of Yaksha's duties to guard the Manasarovar led him to be punished to be separated from his wife and get marooned in an uninhabited hill-cave.

Ancient Indian literature has fostered magico-sacral values as evidenced in Kalidasa's plays and epic. 

Both the iconic as well as aniconic representations of deities were prevalent in ancient India.