Dancing Female Goddess, Firing an Arrow from Her Bow and Holding an Elephant Goad ", Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

India (Bihar or West Bengal)

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Dancing female goddess, firing an arrow from her bow and holding an elephant goad (ankusa), symbolizing the deity's intense activity.

Dancing Female Goddess, Firing an Arrow from Her Bow and Holding an Elephant Goad ", Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript, Ink and color on palm leaf, India (Bihar or West Bengal)

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Dancing Female Goddess, Firing an Arrow from Her Bow and Holding an Elephant Goad
Dancing Female Goddess, Firing an Arrow from Her Bow and Holding an Elephant Goad
Dancing Female Goddess, Firing an Arrow from Her Bow and Holding an Elephant Goad

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