Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Marichi
Alternate Title:
Marici
Image View:
Detail, the three-headed and eight armed goddess holds weapons or symbols in each hand
Creator:
unknown (Indian (South Asian))
Location:
repository: Indian Museum (Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Location Note:
(Calcutta); 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd. Provenance: Bihar
GPS:
22.558056 88.350833
Date:
ca. 9th century (creation)
Cultural Context:
Indian (South Asian)
Style Period:
Pala (Indian style)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
gray schist (stone)
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; Buddhism and art; Bodhisattva; deva; Mahayana Buddhism
Description:
Standing in pratyalidha posture on a chariot drawn by seven pigs, the figure of Marichi (or Marici) is four-faced (three visible), the left one being that of a sow. The Buddhist goddess of solar energy holds in her eight hands a vajra, a sara, a suchi, the tarjanipasa, the asoka pallava, a dhanus, an ankusa and a sutra. The figure follows the description of Ashtabhuja Marichi as found in the Sadhanamala. From Bihar. (Source: Google Arts & Culture [website]; https://www.google.c om/culturalinstitute /)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-IN-ZOL-BG-MARI-A 03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Marichi