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Overall view; A yakshini is the female counterpart of the male yaksha, and they both attend to Kubera, the Hindu god of wealth. Yakshinis are often depicted as beautiful and voluptuous, with wide hips, narrow waists, broad shoulders, and exaggerated, spherical breasts. There are numerous named yakshis in both Hinduism and Jainism. Padmavati is one of 24 named yakshis in Jainism; she serves as a protective goddess to Parsva (Parshvanatha), the twenty-third tirthankara. This is one of a pair, the other sculpture (not shown) is the male Yaksha Dharanendra, who also attends Parshvanatha. They are from Karnataka, a state in South India with a long association with Jainism. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 4/20/2015)