Gaja Lakshmi, Goddess of Fortune, 8th century, India (Kashmir), Stone, H. 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm), Sculpture, Gaja Lakshmi, crowned with tripartite diadem and enthroned on a lion seat, is venerated as a bringer of good fortune and well-being to the earth, of which she was an early personification. The two elephants that lustrate her with water from pots held in their trunks can be equated with the rainclouds of the monsoon and successful crops
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Gaja Lakshmi, Goddess, Fortune, 8th century, India, Kashmir, Stone, H, 5 1/16, 12.9 cm, Sculpture, crowned, tripartite diadem, enthroned, lion seat, venerated, bringer, good fortune, well, earth, early personification, two elephants, lustrate, water, pots held, trunks, equated, rainclouds, monsoon, successful crops
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