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Note: Due to differences in transliteration schemes and/or the original language or languages, words may have different spellings and may not always be linked to one another; for example: yakshis are also called yaksis or yakshini or yaksini. The yakshi from the Great Stupa at Sanchi is also called the Sanchi Torso by some authors. Sanchi is also spelled Sanci in some systems.
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1. Torso of a fertility goddess (yakshi), from the Great Stupa at Sanchi
Includes provenance information and notes with references to museum and other publications; possible resources for paper; also alternate views of the piece including the back. This particular piece also has audio commentary regarding the sculpture's origin and purpose.
Image of the Torso in the South and Southeast Asian Art section, Gallery 176
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As per the audio information, an image of a yaksi touching a tree from the British Museum
2. Yakshi, fragment from a railing of a stupa, Bharhut
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View of the Yakshi fragment from Bharhut in the museum using Google Arts & Culture
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Using ARTstor, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's website, and Oxford Reference Online, the following resources were identified as potentially being relevant to our topic:
Torso of a fertility goddess (yakshi), from the Great Stupa at Sanchi
Yakshi, fragment from a railing of a stupa
Image credit: Yakshi, fragment from a railing of a stupa; Indian, Shunga period, about 120 B.C.; sandstone sculpture; Denman Waldo Ross Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.