The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c18.s6.25

c18.s6.25

*Rev*: Goddess Sarasvatī, nimbate, standing on a lotus bed in *tribhaṅga* posture. Her left hand rests on a lotus with bent stalk; by her right hand she draws up another lotus with long stalk in front of her face (as if to smell it). A lotus bud with a stalk under the r. hand; below it, is a goose (*haṃsa*) with up-stretched neck trying to snatch at a lotus leaf in its front by its open beak.