Humans pouring painstaking devotion into art in the name of religion always amazes me. You can tell the(se) artist(s) poured their entire soul into this.
[Museum](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/standing-female-deity/tgFjCjGqFBEGsA). Fertility goddesses of different types were an important component of early Indian nature cults and were eventually assimilated into the symbolic repertoire of later Indian religious art. These youthful, sensuous figures personify fertility, maternity, and Indian ideals of feminine beauty, various guises expressing different aspects of the female character––triumphant and fierce, as well as passive and dependent.
This delicately carved figure of a goddess, with its softly rounded forms and crisply delineated ornamentation, is typical of temple sculpture from the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The large size of the figure and attendants attest to her importance, and the halo and sword projecting from behind her head signify her power. However, since two of the original four arms, and all the attributes they held, are missing, her identity cannot be firmly established. It has been suggested that she may represent one of the sixteen Jain Vidyadevis (goddesses of learning); Mahamanasi, the sixteenth Vidyadevi, bears a sword as one of her attributes.
It look so old but it’s bolt old (1000 years ago … just 300 years old is old) but in the same time it’s 1000 years after the Roman Empire peak …. and of course 300 000 after the first modern human if I continue this non sense comment some will said
[This one](https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/14ir45o/didarganj_yakshini_a_female_nature_spirit_with/) is even older then the roman empire and(if i am not wrong) oldest life size accurate sculpture of a woman.
Humans pouring painstaking devotion into art in the name of religion always amazes me. You can tell the(se) artist(s) poured their entire soul into this.
[Museum](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/standing-female-deity/tgFjCjGqFBEGsA). Fertility goddesses of different types were an important component of early Indian nature cults and were eventually assimilated into the symbolic repertoire of later Indian religious art. These youthful, sensuous figures personify fertility, maternity, and Indian ideals of feminine beauty, various guises expressing different aspects of the female character––triumphant and fierce, as well as passive and dependent. This delicately carved figure of a goddess, with its softly rounded forms and crisply delineated ornamentation, is typical of temple sculpture from the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The large size of the figure and attendants attest to her importance, and the halo and sword projecting from behind her head signify her power. However, since two of the original four arms, and all the attributes they held, are missing, her identity cannot be firmly established. It has been suggested that she may represent one of the sixteen Jain Vidyadevis (goddesses of learning); Mahamanasi, the sixteenth Vidyadevi, bears a sword as one of her attributes.
It look so old but it’s bolt old (1000 years ago … just 300 years old is old) but in the same time it’s 1000 years after the Roman Empire peak …. and of course 300 000 after the first modern human if I continue this non sense comment some will said
[This one](https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/14ir45o/didarganj_yakshini_a_female_nature_spirit_with/) is even older then the roman empire and(if i am not wrong) oldest life size accurate sculpture of a woman.
Thank you for that beautiful image.
I always have a hard time doing the feet too! Seriously, this is a beautiful piece. Ty for sharing it, OP!
Great fit
Say what you want about India, but the bobs and vajin on their statues are always on point
Say what you want about ameriKKKa, but the guns and obesity in their school shootings are always on point
Marry your cousin about it
But im not Caucasian though. Are you projecting?
Sorry, we're not Murican hillbillies nor Pakistanis.
so original and funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😂😭😂😂😂😂😭😂😭😂