Kamadhenu Inkpot

Name: Kamadhenu Inkpot
SKU: PA 00181
Price: 2.00 INR
Availability: InStock

Karnataka

brass alloy

This exceptional ink pot is crafted in the form of Kamadhenu. She is depicted mid-stride in her bovine form with a human head. Her intricately detailed features include striated hair fashioned into a long braid trailing along her back. Adorned with a decorated saddle cloth, elegant earrings, and a sizeable pendant suspended from a beaded necklace, she exudes a sense of divine presence. The hinged lid, resting on the engraved saddle, opens to reveal the ink reservoir below.

Kamadhenu also known as Surabhi is a divine bovine-goddess described in Hinduism as the mother of all cows. She is a miraculous “cow of plenty” who provides her owner whatever he desires and is often portrayed as the mother of other cattle as well as the eleven Rudras. In iconography, she is generally depicted as a white cow with a female head and breasts or as a white cow containing various deities within her body. All cows are venerated in Hinduism as the earthly embodiment of the Kamadhenu. As such, Kamadhenu is not worshipped independently as a goddess, and temples are not dedicated to her honour alone; rather, she is honoured by the veneration of cows in general throughout the observant Hindu population.

Size (cms): 15(H) x 12.5(W) x 6.5(D)
Size (inches): 6(H) x 5(W) x 2.5(D)