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Content Provider | Indian Culture |
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Spatial Coverage | Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India |
Temporal Coverage | 11th Century CE (Medieval Dynasty) |
Description | This stone sculpture shows the image (Ambika) which was originally housed in a small shrine known as the temple of Patian Dai, about six miles from Satna. The Goddess, all of her four arms broken, stands on a small rectangular pedestal the dado of which is carved with a simple lotus flanked by a worshipper and a seated divinity holding a club and a serpent. Ambika wears the usual elaborate jewellery characteristic of this period including anklets well up on the calves, a girdle with pendant bells, and a karandamukuta. The hair is done in a large bun which rests over the right shoulder, the halo consists of a stellate lotus flower. Above her head was carved the foliage of a mango tree, now missing. She is attended by two youths, the one to her right riding a lion, the other waving a chauri. At their feet are damaged figures of a male and a female devotee which are seated on lotuses, and flanked by two four-armed Goddess es. Those to the extreme left and right are labelled Prajapati and Vajrasamkala respectively. Of the other two, the one on the left carries a discus and the one on the right is accompanied by an elephant. Below them, in narrow panels which are the Aagrahas, four on either side. The pilasters flanking the Goddess are divided into several compartments, each topped by an arched niche, and all filled with representations of attendant Goddess es, each one of them identified by a label. Thus, on the left, from top to bottom we have, Jaya, Anantamati, Vairota, Gauri, Mahakali, Kali, and Pusadadhi, on the right Aparajita, Mahamunusi, Anantamati, Gandhdri, Manusi, Jalamalini, and Manuja. In the niches between the pilasters are more Goddess es, identified from left to right as Vahurupini, Camunda, Sarasati, Padumavati, and Vijaya. On the top, in the central niche, is the seated Neminatha, identified by the conch carved below his legs and flanked by two seated and two standing Jinas. The narrow recesses at the edges contain images of the various Jinas, the usual vyalas, and also Makara heads on which are seated tiny male figures carrying offerings in a pot. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Publisher | Allahabad Museum |
Publisher Place | Allahabad |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Sculpture Stone Sculpture |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |
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