Antique Thai Style Standing Gold 8-Arm Vighna Ganapati Ganesha Statue - 7.5cm/3"
Antique Thai Style Standing Gold 8-Arm Vighna Ganapati Ganesha Statue - 7.5cm/3"
Antique Thai Style Standing Gold 8-Arm Vighna Ganapati Ganesha Statue - 7.5cm/3"
Measures (Height) 7.5cm/3"
An expressively cast antique Thai style brass standing 8-arm Vighna Ganapati sculpture, holding Parvati.
Ganesha is the elephant headed son of Shiva. In Hindu iconography, eight arm Vighna Ganapati Lord Ganesha, holding Goddess Parvati is deeply symbolic of the mother-child bond.
In this "Lord of Obstacles" form, his eight arms wield weaponry and symbolic objects to fight off impediments—such as an axe, discus, and flower-tipped arrows
The elephant-headed god is wearing a short dhoti with crossed cloth around his portly waist
Here, Ganesha is also holding the remnants of his broken tusk. The breaking of the tusk has several backstories. One instance suggests that it was shattered when Shiva cut the head off the elephant, prior to bestowing it onto Ganesha. Another writes that Ganesha’s quill broke and he needed a writing instrument – try telling your boss that next time you try to write up a report with an elephant tusk because your computer crashed. Regardless of its multiple origins, the holding of the tusk represents less of a keepsake, and more of a depiction that our spirituality is more important than our outer bodies, meaning we must overcome the duality of the two as separate entities.
- The Root of Wisdom: This imagery represents Ganesha as an extension of Parvati’s divine energy (Shakti). It highlights how Parvati, the goddess of nature and energy, provided the foundation for his wisdom and role as the remover of obstacles.
- Divine Protection: In many rare traditional sculptures and paintings, the fierce or cosmic form of a multi-armed Ganesha gives way to this tender domestic moment, grounding the powerful universe-governing deity in the sanctity of a mother's embrace.
One of the most recognizable of the Asian deities this representation of Ganesha is sure to enlighten your home with endlessly timeless style.
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