Wooden Mayadevi Statue Measurements:13 in x 6 in; 1 lbs The inside of the signing

The inside of the signing bowl is engraved with Vajra

floods (= desire and attachment)

which nurtures and nourishes life

but the symbolic as well as spiritual representation of the enlightened one's wisdom and knowledge

What do they symbolize

Wooden Mayadevi Statue Measurements:13 in x 6 in; 1 lbs The inside of the signingHancrafted wooden Mayadevi statue with an aged antique finish. Queen Mayadevi was the birth mother of Gautama Buddha, the sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. She was sister of Mahpajpat Gotam, the first Buddhist nun ordained by the Buddha. In Buddhist tradition Mayadevi died soon after the birth of Buddha, generally said to be seven days afterwards, and came to life again in a Hindu Buddhist heaven, a pattern that is said to be followed in