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Yakshi, From Mathura, 2nd Century A.D.

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Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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The Yakshi, as we mentioned earlier, is the favorite pillar decoration of Mathuran sculptors, As a tutelary deity, her presence at the stupa was necessary, all the better for the craftsmen, who were more than happy to use her as a motif, This Yakshi stands on her guyhaka in a languid pose characteristic of a special Yakshi type described in literature as Alasa Kanya: amorous females filled with the intoxication of love, There is much in the treatment of this figure to suggest this dreamy state, curves, not angles, describe her form, -- Calcutta, Indian Museum,

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Mathura, Railing & pillar Sculpture, stone sculpture, mounted transparency set

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/163459

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Basham Photographs

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Image

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Basham Collection

Date created

circa 1970s

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This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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