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Bronze Parvati as Bogashakti Statue 32"

Bronze Parvati as Bogashakti Statue 32"
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Materials: Lost Wax Method South Indian Bronze

Total Height Including Base: 32 inches

Base Width & Depth: 17 x 12 inches

Weight: 140 pounds

Item # 40b73

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  • About Shakti
  • Care

  • Bogashakti is the form that Parvati takes before going into the inner sanctum of a temple with her husband, Shiva.  "Boga" meaning pleasure and "Shakti" meaning energy; this form embodies Devi's sexual energy.  She is a perfect combination of the sensuous and the sacred! 

    Bogahsakti has a beautiful deep bronze hue that gives the statue a warm and inviting feel.  The base has two holes that are used by the faithful in India to put two poles through the base of the Shakti sculpture and carry it around in procession before it is placed into the inner sanctum of the temple.  Hindus believe that the actual god lies within all statues of the deity.  Only by physically seeing the god "darshan" is a Hindu able to experience the god.  Therefore the gods are often carried around the temple for all people to see and experience in the presence of the god.

  • By you this universe is borne,
    By you this world is created,
    O Devi, by you it is protected.


    The Shakta tradition glorifies Devi, the consort of Shiva, as the World Mother who, as Shakti, is the energy giving power behind all creation. Shakti is shown in many forms. As Uma or Parvati, she is the gentle consort of Shiva. As Kamakshi or Rajarajeshwari she is the Great Mother. In the form of Durga she rides a tiger, the ego and arrogance that man must subdue. In her angry form she is Kali. In her sensual form she is Bogashakti. Bogashakti is the form that Parvati takes before going into the inner sanctum of a temple with her husband, Shiva. "Boga" meaning pleasure and "Shakti" meaning energy; this form embodies Devi's sexual energy.

     

    The earliest term applied to the divine feminine, which still retains its popular usage, is Shakti. The word Shakti is used in a variety of ways ranging from its use as a way to illustrate the ultimate primordial creative power, to expressing the capacity or power of words to convey meaning. The word 'Shakti' is derived from the root 'shak,' meaning potency or the potential to produce, an assertion of Her inherent creative aptitude.

     

    All interpretations of the word 'Shakti' hold common one parameter, Power. Specifically, Shakti means Power, Force and Feminine Energy. She represents the fundamental creative instinct underlying the cosmos, and is the energizing force of all divinity, of every being and every thing. Devotees believe the whole universe to be a manifestation of Shakti, who is also known by her general name Devi, from the Sanskrit root 'div' which means to shine.


     

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  • The piece can be used both indoors and outdoors. Dust the piece regularly. If you would like the piece to shine use a cotton cloth with some coconut oil or other natural oil to wipe down the statue.