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# Figure of Vidyadevi

Standing figure of a Jain Vidyādevī, carved in white marble. The goddess is four-armed, holding a rosary (akṣamālā) and a small book (pustaka) in her upraised and lower left hands respectively; her right hands are broken. She wears a beehive-shaped crown (karaṇḍa) and her hair is arranged in a large bun.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1050–1099 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-349](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-349) · Pramāṇa
