Wooden Mayadevi Statue Measurements:13 in x 6 in; 1 lbs used primarily in Tibetan Buddhism

used primarily in Tibetan Buddhism

Traditionally made out of human skull

If we can learn to “face the lion” instead of chasing the stick

but as the lioness it is commonly related to the Great Mother and protection

Commonly reffered to as "the KING of the beasts

Wooden Mayadevi Statue Measurements:13 in x 6 in; 1 lbs used primarily in Tibetan BuddhismHancrafted wooden Mayadevi statue. 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 the births of all Buddhas.