Standing Female Deity, probably Durga

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

See Standing Female Deity, probably Durga in the Kaleidoscope

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

Durga is a badass. Also known as 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.

Further reading atmetmuseum.org

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