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Goddess Siddhalakshmi
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineGoddess Siddhalakshmi, 1000s. India, Kashmir. Bronze; overall: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.47
