Religious & Spiritual Figurines & Sculptures

Features

• The entire statue, framed by a fire-arch, Prabhavali, stands upon a rectangular podium. The fire-arch is topped by akirtimukha- an auspicious symbol of accomplishment. This brilliantbrassstatue of a four-armed female divinity with a round face,well-fed cheeks, subdued chin, eyes, three-fourth shut as when absorbed in meditation, well-aligned beautifully modeled nose and moderately elevated neck represents Tripura-Sundari, also called Trailokya-Sundari the most beauteous female human or divine, in all three worlds. With broad shoulders, sensuously modeled but as decently clad breasts, subdued belly further contained by an elaborate girdle, broadened hips, moderate height , the anatomy of her figure is highly balanced. The four-armed divinity is carrying in her upper hand's elephant goad and noose, in the normal left, sugarcane, while the normal right is held inAbhay. Seated on a tall seat with her figure straightened there reflects absolute ease in her bearing, With her left leg horizontally stretched along the seats top, and the right, laid suspending downwards, the goddess is seated in lalitasana. She is clad in asari an unstitched textile length.
• It is so worn that on the upper part of the figure it is as tight fitted as a sewn costume, and on the lower side, as loose as the traditional antariya. Though her ornaments are a bit voluminous and heavy, and so her crown and halo consisting of lotus-buds, they perfectly fit her figure. The seat Tripura-Sundari is sitting on is narrow but moderately tall. Installed with a magnificent prabhavali fire-arch, behind, it looks like covering its breadth from right to left. Raised over a high podium, carried on the sides over massive dwarf columns such as carry on them roofs in ancient temple architecture, and topped by a kirtimukha the symbol of accomplishment and auspiciousness, the prabhavali looks like a sanctum. Thus, the fire-arch transforms into a sanctum that Tripura-Sundari enshrines. As is usually the style of a sanctums door, on inside the arch is a perfect round whereas it resorts to a conical form on the top on the outer side. This is by and large the usual pattern of defining entrances in early shrines, Buddhist, such as are the entrances at Ajanta, in special.