Mahishasuramardhini

Publisher: Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

Description: One of the terrible manifestations of Parvathi is Mahishasuramardhini. The goddess wears richly carved ornaments and holds several attributes in her Ashtabhuja hands. Her vehicle, the lion is depicted apart from the buffalo, Mahishasura, the danava king. In her malevolent form Parvathi is seen killing, the powerful demon king, Mahishasura, suppressing him under her foot with trident. As such the name of Parvathi is derived as Mahishasuramardhini.
India

Source: Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

Type: Stone Sculpture

Received From: Salar Jung Museum


DC Field Value
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-02T14:40:52Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-02T14:40:52Z
dc.description One of the terrible manifestations of Parvathi is Mahishasuramardhini. The goddess wears richly carved ornaments and holds several attributes in her Ashtabhuja hands. Her vehicle, the lion is depicted apart from the buffalo, Mahishasura, the danava king. In her malevolent form Parvathi is seen killing, the powerful demon king, Mahishasura, suppressing him under her foot with trident. As such the name of Parvathi is derived as Mahishasuramardhini.
India
dc.source Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
dc.format.extent 86.0 X 67.0
dc.format.mimetype image/jpeg
dc.publisher Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
dc.type Stone Sculpture
dc.identifier.other sjm_hyd-2-SJM-71-60-1141-49209_01_l
dc.format.medium image
dc.format.material Stone


DC Field Value
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-02T14:40:52Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-02T14:40:52Z
dc.description One of the terrible manifestations of Parvathi is Mahishasuramardhini. The goddess wears richly carved ornaments and holds several attributes in her Ashtabhuja hands. Her vehicle, the lion is depicted apart from the buffalo, Mahishasura, the danava king. In her malevolent form Parvathi is seen killing, the powerful demon king, Mahishasura, suppressing him under her foot with trident. As such the name of Parvathi is derived as Mahishasuramardhini.
India
dc.source Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
dc.format.extent 86.0 X 67.0
dc.format.mimetype image/jpeg
dc.publisher Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
dc.type Stone Sculpture
dc.identifier.other sjm_hyd-2-SJM-71-60-1141-49209_01_l
dc.format.medium image
dc.format.material Stone

Recognizing the ongoing need to position itself for the digital future, Indian Culture is an initiative by the Ministry of Culture. A platform that hosts data of cultural relevance from various repositories and institutions all over India.