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The Hindu Goddess Tripurasundari and her Attendant Sarvasiddhipradacirca 1300

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: The Hindu Goddess Tripurasundari and her Attendant Sarvasiddhiprada
Place Made: India, Tamil Nadu
Date Made: circa 1300
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (16.51 x 9.2 x 5.71 cm)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift in memory of Mahadevan Natesan
Accession Number: M.87.181
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: Tripurasundari (Beautiful Lady of the Three Cities [Tripura]) is a form of the goddess Parvati as the spouse of the Hindu god Shiva in his manifestation as Tripurantaka (Destroyer of the Three Cities of the Demons). See also M.2003.213. She is abundantly ornamented, has a circular nimbus (shirashchakra), and wears elevated sandals (paduka). See also M.81.155a-b. Her right hand is now missing. Her left hand rests on the shoulder of her yogini attendant Sarvasiddhiprada (Giver of All Attainments), who carries a vessel filled with golden grain and a ladle symbolic of sustenance and abundance. She wears a tall flaring conical hairstyle indigenous to Tamil Nadu. See also M.72.1.16 and M.79.152.180.
Selected Bibliography: Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.2. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1988.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: The Hindu Goddess Tripurasundari and her Attendant Sarvasiddhiprada
Place Made: India, Tamil Nadu
Date Made: circa 1300
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (16.51 x 9.2 x 5.71 cm)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift in memory of Mahadevan Natesan
Accession Number: M.87.181
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: Tripurasundari (Beautiful Lady of the Three Cities [Tripura]) is a form of the goddess Parvati as the spouse of the Hindu god Shiva in his manifestation as Tripurantaka (Destroyer of the Three Cities of the Demons). See also M.2003.213. She is abundantly ornamented, has a circular nimbus (shirashchakra), and wears elevated sandals (paduka). See also M.81.155a-b. Her right hand is now missing. Her left hand rests on the shoulder of her yogini attendant Sarvasiddhiprada (Giver of All Attainments), who carries a vessel filled with golden grain and a ladle symbolic of sustenance and abundance. She wears a tall flaring conical hairstyle indigenous to Tamil Nadu. See also M.72.1.16 and M.79.152.180.
Selected Bibliography: Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.2. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1988.