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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Prince of Wales Museum of Western India (Mumbai, Mahārāshtra, India)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal12th century (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Indian (South Asian))en_US
dc.date1100-1199en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-23T18:14:09Z
dc.date.available2016-08-23T18:14:09Z
dc.date.issued1100-1199en_US
dc.identifier268052en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3405en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/184368
dc.descriptionOverall 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)en_US
dc.format.mediumblack stoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectJainismen_US
dc.titleYakshini Padmavatien_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode7A2-IN-PWM-YAK2-A01en_US
vra.culturalContextIndian (South Asian)en_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Indian)en_US


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