Cleveland Museum of Art
Goddess Siddhalakshmi
- Date
- 1000s
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- India, Kashmir
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This specific goddess with five heads and ten arms is described in Hindu ritual handbooks from Kashmir. She is white in color and "rests on a lotus and Shiva." Her left hands hold, from top to bottom: an elephant goad, manuscript, noose (broken), the gift-giving gesture, and a hatchet. In her right hands are a sword, trident, skull staff, skull cup, and the gesture of protection. These objects reveal the awe-inspiring extent of her knowledge, skill, and power to defeat enemies on behalf of her devotees. In tantric texts, this goddess is described as white.
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