| Of the other
Buddhist feamle deities mention should be made of
the presence of at least one of the Five Protective
(Pancaraksa) deities in eastern Bangladesh. The
cult of these Five Protective deities was prevalent
only in this area of Bengal. A three-headed (in
relief-sculpture) and eight-armed excellent image
(upper portion damaged) of Pratisara or Mahapratisara
seated posturously in satvaparyankasana was found
in Vikrampur (Munsiganj), and is now in BNM. The
deity holds clockwise in her eight hands the following
attributes: discus, trident, arrow, sword, bow,
thudderbolt, hatchet and noose with tarjani-mudra.
It belongs to c 11th century. |
Picture-1: Pratisara found
from Vikrampur (Munsiganj) and belong to c 11th
century |
