[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Figure of Somaskanda # Figure of Somaskanda Bronze processional image of Somaskanda: Śiva, Uma (Parvati) and the child Skanda on a plinth. The leaping antelope shown in the upper left hand of the god recalls the forest abode of Śiva as an ascetic; the other upper hand (now broken) would once have held an axe. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1100 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1984-0403-1](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1984-0403-1) · Pramāṇa