This compact, handheld Saraswati is designed for the edge of your table or a space in your corner mandir.
It depicts the Devi of learning seated in padmasana - an unusual stance for Devi Sarasvati - on the belly of a lotus bloom big enough to accommodate Her.
In fact, it is a composite bloom of two flowers, one inverted below the other, making for a wide-set hour-glass silhouette.
In keeping with Her traditional iconography, She is depicted as the Chaturbhujadharini, the one possessed of (‘dharini’) four (‘chatur’) arms (‘bhuja’). The posterior right and left hands bear the rosary and the pothi (sacred manuscript), respectively; while the right anterior hands gently strums the strings of her veena, the left one cradles its long, slender neck.
Divine music emanates from the very presence of Devi Sarasvati. The silken folds of Her saree about Her gathered legs. The superbly detailed carving of every aspect of Her shringar, from the necklaces to the karnakundalas (danglers).
A lifelike composure of countenance executed with perfect symmetry and an unputdownable aesthetic: note the handsome brow and the swan-shaped eyes, the sharp nose, and a shapely mouth. Set off by a sharply tapering crown and a stylistically sculpted halo.
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