Parvati, also known as Uma and Gauri, Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion and motherhood. Shown with flaming headdress holding danda (sceptre). Parasati. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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