Mudgarpani ("Mace-holder") Yaksha from Bharana Kalan, northwest of Mathura. 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]Mathura Museum, GMM 87.145
Relief of a similar Mudgarpani Yaksha holding mudgar and child or small worshipper in anjali mudra. Art of Mathura, 100 BCE.[3]
Mudgarpani (Sanskrit: मुद्गरपाणि, romanized: Mudgarapāṇi) was a Yaksha deity in ancient India. His name means "Mudgar-holder", the Mudgar being an ancient form of heavy club, usually made of wood, but it can also be made of iron.[4][5]