Buddhist Goddess Identification

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

Style, Also, the stone texture. In Indonesian sculpture,
have seen some nagari scripts in 9-10th cent.


--- "Ven. Tantra" <troyoga at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Thanking List members Dante, Stephen Hodge,
> Swaminathan Madhuresan and David Gray for their
> remarks on the identity of the sculptural image of the
> apparently Indian/Buddhist Goddess.
>
> The photo itself came to me as a private collection on
> an un-labled CD. If the other photos in the archive
> are any indication, the Goddess shot may be up to 80
> years old. Stylistically, I initially shared
> Swaminathan Madhuresan?s feeling that the statue could
> be from Indonesia.
>
> I take, then, that the inscription identifies her as
> maamakii.
>
> Inscription aside, however, can Dante?s observation --
> that she looks like Taaraa -- be disputed? He has
> pointed to her left hand <in vitarka mudra ? holding
> something: the stem of the lotus ? [t]he right hand in
> varada?>.
>
> Finally, can the entire inscription not be deciphered?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ven. Tantra
>
>
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