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Savitri Triumphs over Yama, the God of Death
Unrecorded artist12th/13th century
- Attribution
- India Madhya Pradesh
- Medium
- Sandstone
- Physical dimensions
- 47.6 × 33.2 × 12.3 cm (18 3/4 × 13 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.)
- Credit line
- James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
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This sculpture portrays a story in which Savitri, a devoted wife, wins back her husband, Satyavan, from the god of death, Yama. She married him despite warnings that he would die within one year and performed deep penance in the hope of securing the gods’ help. In the scene depicted here, on the prophesied day of his death Satyavan has gone to cut wood in the forest, where he falls ill. Savitri can be seen in the background pleading with Yama for her husband’s life.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0