Durga+Research

=Research Notes=

- Sculptures were either made of extremely fine yellow – beige stone( mudstone) or fine grained black or dark brown phyllite - Manisha is a threat to the world and as also invincible - None of the hindu gods that challenged Manisha were able to kill him o The gods then created durga and gave her all their weapons o Her missing right hand held a spear with which she is about to stab manisha -in her other hands she holds an arrow, sword, chisel, hammer, thunderbolt, elephant goad, and war discus -She has savored the buffalos head - Manisha had killed durga and put him on top of the buffalo

Durga and Kali are to forms of the same goddess They have unique histories Durga -> lots of weapons Mother of the Universe Power -creation, preservation, and destruction Weapons symbolize different things Conch - "Om" Thunder bolt - conviction of belief

=Research Strategy= We both looked at the picture that Mr. Rhodes gave us, and found out the full name. Then we looked for other artworks about the same goddess. Then we went to the MICDS databases page and looked for information. First we tried ABCCLIO Ancient World History, but we had no luck. Then we tried the Gale database and found a good article about Durga. Then we searched for a website on google advanced search and found a great article about another piece of art on Durga. We also used google advanced search to find an article about the symbolism of Durga.

= = =Sources= "Goddess Durga as Slayer of the Buffalo-Demon Mahisha (Mahishasuramardini), The [Nepal] (1986.498)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/ssh/ho_1986.498.htm (October 2006)

"Durga and Kali." Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion. Serinity Young, Ed., Macmillan Reference USA, 1999. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/

"Goddess Durga: The Mother Goddess & Her Symbolism." hinduism.about.com. 9 September 2009. .
"The Goddess Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon, Mahisha (Mahishasuramardini)." metmuseum.org. 9 September 2009. .