#Surasundari

[hinducosmos]

Exquisite Face Profile of a Surasundari - Allahabad Museum Monidipa Bose Dey wrote : Found from a place called as Jamsot near Prayagraj. Dated C. 11th century. Should be of the Gahadawal dynasty. (via Twitter: Monidipa Bose Dey)

[kailasanath]

Surasundari - the celestial beauty

Marble, Probably Mewar region, 11th Century CE

MET Museum

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 Rajasthani Sandstone Torso of Surasundari

[svenson777]

Architectural relief depicting two celestial female figures (Surasundaris), 10th -11th century, Madhya Pradesh, India ~ "As a house without a wife, as a frolic without a woman, so without the surasundari, the monument will be inferior and bear no fruit." — Shilpa-Prakasha, 9th century architectural treatise

[harvard-art-museums-sculpture]

Standing Surasundari, 9th century-10th century, HAM: Sculpture

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. R. Joseph Monsen Size: H. 74.4 x W. 17.8 cm (29 5/16 x 7 in.) Medium: Light pinkish sandstone

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/202416

[kkdas]

“Details of intricately carved mouldings and sculptures on the outer wall of sanctum, Kandaria Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho Note latticed screens and circular columns with Kumbham as base. SuraSundaris and Shardul(s) are exquisitely carved.” PC: Kevin Standage

https://t.co/7jNq1djZuS

भारतीय वास्तुकला (Wonderful Indian Architecture)

[iseo58]

Paramchaintanya Men — Two Surasundaries c 10th CE MadhyaPradesh

[joseandrestabarnia]

Título: Torso de una divinidad femenina

Siglo XI

Artistas: Artista desconocido

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Muy probablemente el torso de una mujer celestial o 'surasundari', esta escultura encarna los ideales indios de belleza femenina: senos llenos y esféricos colocados cerca, cintura estrecha como una avispa, caderas amplias y joyas elaboradas que acentúan la suave tacto de la carne. Este tipo de representación de lo femenino se incluyó en el programa iconográfico del templo hindú para mejorar su poder.

The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pág.22.

Detalles:

Otro título: Torso femenino

Lugar donde se realizó el trabajo: Madhya Pradesh → India

Período: Dinastía Chandella circa 831-1308 → India

Fecha: Siglo XI

Materiales usados: arenisca

Dimensiones: 53,0 cm

Fecha de firma: No firmado. Sin fecha

Crédito: Margaret Hannah Olley Art Trust 1990, Art Gallery NSW

[hinducosmos]

Kokamthan Shiva Temple, Nagar district, Maharashtra

रोहन गाडेकर 🇮🇳 @rohan_gadekar08 wrote : About 8 km from Kopargaon taluka in Nagar district. In the distance is the ancient Shiva temple in Kokamthan village.

This temple Must be from the 13th century. The east facing structure of the temple is the space, sabhamandap and sanctum sanctorum. The top of the temple is made of bricks and is made up of small finely carved peaks. There are sculptures of Yaksha and Gandharva dancing and playing musical instruments on the verandah of the sanctum sanctorum. On the main peak are sculptures of Ling and Anantasai Vishnu.

The temple has a main entrance on the east side and an entrance on the west side as well. There is a Shiva pind in the temple, and a sculpture of the revered Vishnu is placed on a square behind it. Since there is an eagle on the forehead, this must be the original Vishnu temple.

The replicas of the temple's spire on the exterior of the temple's nave are beautiful. Also, the carvings here attract the attention of the people. There are also sculptures of Surasundari, Yaksha-Gandharva, Digpal, and many other deities while playing the instrument, but the sculpture cannot be identified due to the collapse of the temple. Situated on the banks of the quiet Godavari, this temple is the ornament of Kopargaon.

(via Instagram: रोहन गाडेकर 🇮🇳 @rohan_gadekar08)

[kailasanath]

Madanika - Surasundari

The celestial beauty, panel outside the Ambika Mata Temple, Jagat

Gurjara Pratihara Era, circa 960 CE

[strappedshiva]

Yoni Puja

Dialog between Parvati the great Goddess and Lord Shiva.

The Ten Mahavidyas, these are listed in the third patala of Yoni Tantra as Kali, Tara, Shodashi, Chinnamasta, Bagalamukhi, Matangi, Bhuvanesvari, Mahalaksmi and associated with the different parts of the y\Yoni. This list of the Mahavidyas differs from that in Todala Tantra (Sothis Weirdglow 1984).

By successfully worshiping the Yoni One becomes Kalika’s son and renowned. Devi is at the base of the yoni and Naganandini is in the yoni. Kali and Tara are in the yoni chakra and Chinnamasta in the hair. Bagalamukhi and Matangi are on the rim of the yoni. Mahalaksmi, Shodashi and Bhuvanesvari are within the yoni. By worshipping the yoni one certainly worships Sakti.

The Mahavidya, mantra and preparation of the mantra do not bestow siddhi without worship of the yoni. One should bow thrice before the yoni with a flower, Mahesvari, else the puja of a man is useless even in 1000 lifetimes.

Every married man wanting success in life should learn to worship his wife’s yoni.

Guru is clearly Siva and his partner is the true form of the goddess.

One should only couple with the yoni that bleeds.

Dearest, if by good fortune one is partner to a Brahmin girl, one should worship her yoni tattva. Otherwise, worship other yonis. When we speak of Brahmin, here we speak about those who are Brahmin by birth based on Astrology, and not because one is born in a Brahmin home.

Candali, Lady of Hosts, the foremost one, is the center of the yoni. By worshipping in this way, one becomes my equal, most certainly. What use are meditations, reciting mantras, giving gifts or kula nectars? O Durga, without yoni worship, all are fruitless.

Seated on the peak of Mount Kailasha, the god of gods, the guru of all creation, was questioned by Durga-of-the-Smiling-Face, Naganandini. Lord, 64 tantras have been created. Tell me, Ocean of Compassion, about the chief of these. Mahadeva said: Listen, dearest Parvati, to this great secret. You have asked to hear this 10 million times.

Beauteous One, it is because of your feminine nature that you continually ask me. You should conceal this by every effort. Parvati, there is mantra pitha, yantra pitha and yoni pitha. Amongst these, the chief is certainly the yoni pitha, revealed to you from affection. Naganandini, listen closely! Hari, Hara and Brahma—- the gods of creation, maintenance and destruction—-all originate in the yoni.

A person should not worship the yoni if he does not have the Sakti mantra. This initiation and mantra is the deliverer from hell. I am Mityunjaya, beloved of your yoni. Surasundari, I always worship Durga in my heart lotus. This liberates the mind from distinctions such as Divya and vira. O Lady Goddess! worshipping in this manner, liberation is placed within a person’s reach.

A yoni worshipper should prepare the Sakti mantra. He gains wealth, poesy, wisdom and omniscience. He becomes the four-faced Brahma for one hundred million eons.

What is the use of talking! To speak of this avails naught. If a person worships with menstrual flowers, he also has power over fate. Doing much puja in this way, he may become liberated.

The fruit of doing puja to the great yoni, deliverer from the ocean of misery, is life and enhanced vitality. The yoni, which has bled is suitable for worship. Do not worship a yoni, which has never bled. Worshipping a yoni, which has never bled causes loss of siddhi on every occasion

In the absence of the yoni of a maiden or a beautiful woman, worship the yoni of a sister or of a female pupil. Worship the yoni daily otherwise pronounces the mantra. Do not perform useless puja without yoni puja.

Parvati said: Ocean of Compassion, by what method should the yoni, which is the essence of the cosmos, to be worshipped? If you or a sadhaka should worship a yoni, how does it bestow grace? Speak of this to me! I want to hear all of this because of my great curiosity.

Mahadeva said: A sadhaka wishing to worship a yoni, which is the form of the cosmos, should cause an erection and insert it into that thing which is Sakti Herself. The vagina is Mahamaya and the penis is Sadasiva. Worshipping them, one becomes liberated while still alive; there is no doubt off it. One should offer bali, flowers and so forth. If incapable of this, worship with wine, O Durga. One should do pranayama and my six limbed puja in the yoni region. After reciting the mantra 108 times at the base of the yoni, one should rub the linga and the yoni together.

I have thereby declared the manner of proceeding for all sadhakas. Devi, never reveal this Tantra! Do not give it to the disciple of another or to the undevoted. Mahadevi, the Yoni Tantra is revealed from love for you.

If a person should gaze at a yoni while ritually bathing, his life becomes fruitful. There is no doubt off this. One should look at one’s partner’s yoni, at another woman’s yoni, the yoni of a maiden—-in the absence of a maiden’s yoni one should gaze reverentially at the yoni of a pupil.

Liberation is achieved through enjoyment. Happiness is gained through enjoyment. Therefore, by every effort, a sadhaka should become an enjoyer. The wise man should always avoid blame, disgust or shame of the yoni. Unless the yoni is worshipped using the Kulachara method, even one hundred thousand sadhanas are useless.

If one should lick the elixir at the edge of the yoni, evil in one’s body or dwelling place is certainly destroyed. What point is there to bathing in the Ganges or in other tirthas? Dearest, in this matter relating to a powerful sadhaka always worshipping the vagina, what use is there of many words?

Listen, O one-dear-to-me-as-life, of the destruction of the mental predisposition of pashas. Worship a nubile yoni in a highly ecstatic way.

Whosoever in this Kali Yuga recites mantra in a supremely devoted way specifically to the yoni, the core of the universe, is within reach of liberation. Amongst thousands of sadhakas and tens of millions of worshippers, fortunate are they who do Kali sadhana. Kali is the Mother of the Universe and of all Shastra, quite certainly. Remembering Kali frees one from the fetters of a pasu. After reciting Kali’s great mantra, one becomes Kali’s son, there is no doubt. This is true, true, true, true without question.

Just as for Kali, so also for the Vidyas and rules of Tripura, Shodashi, Bhuvanesvari, China-Tara, Mahalaksmi, Matangi, Sundari, Bhairavi, Dakshina and Tarini. Success cannot be achieved save with the method of Chinachara. Whatever mantra one is initiated into, this is the best method. Devoid of this sacred trust, one becomes unsuccessful and therefore is reborn again.

That which is written in this Yoni Tantra all sadhakas should accomplish according to their own wills. Mahesani, meditate as being absorbed in the yoni chakra, with yoni on the tongue, yoni in the mind, yoni in the ears and yoni in the eyes. Mighty Lady, all sadhana is vain unless with the yoni. Therefore, reject other pujas and do Yoni Puja. Mahesani, there is no siddhi without devotion to the Guru.

[harvard-art-museums-sculpture]

Standing Surasundari, 9th century-10th century, HAM: Sculpture

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. R. Joseph Monsen Size: H. 74.4 x W. 17.8 cm (29 5/16 x 7 in.) Medium: Light pinkish sandstone

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/202416

[nirmanazakti]

surasundari (2017)

[iseo58]

Surasundari Sculptures of Konark Sun Temple - 13th Century Orissa India

[mini-girlz]

Surasundari - Celestial Maiden 12th century. Rajasthan, India

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