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Standing Female Deity, probably Durga

Khmer Art, 700CE

Standing Female Deity, probably Durga, Khmer Art

Standing Female Deity, probably Durga, zoomed in

134 cm

Standing Female Deity, probably Durga scale comparison

45.7 cm

Standing Female Deity, probably Durga is a Khmer Stone Sculpture created in 700CE. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Goddess. Source See Standing Female Deity, probably Durga in the Kaleidoscope

Durga is a badass. Also called Devi or Shakti, Durga is a Hindu warrior goddess, often shown riding a lion or tiger and with a weapon gripped in each of her eight arms.

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