Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi) 1st–2nd century India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region) This double-sided bracket (vrksadevata) for a gateway (torana) is decorated on either side with a tree-spirit deity known as a yakshi, who holds a flowering tree as a symbol of her fecundity. Her pose is that of salabhanjika ("breaking a branch of the sala tree"): grasping a branch, she thus engages with the fertility of the earth, bringing the tree into flower. Such figures provided an auspicious presence at the entrance to a sacred Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi). India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region). 1st–2nd
Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi) 1st–2nd century India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region) This double-sided bracket (vrksadevata) for a gateway (torana) is decorated on either side with a tree-spirit deity known as a yakshi, who holds a flowering tree as a symbol of her fecundity. Her pose is that of salabhanjika ("breaking a branch of the sala tree"): grasping a branch, she thus engages with the fertility of the earth, bringing the tree into flower. Such figures provided an auspicious presence at the entrance to a sacred Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi). India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region). 1st–2nd century. Red sandstone. Sculpture
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