2016
Gold plated bronze
54 x 21 x 8 cm



A sculpture of the Anuttara Trika trident as described by Abhinavagupta in Tantrāloka Chapter 15, created to the scale of the human form with elements in alignment to the corresponding subtle-body centers. 

”The triśūlābja-maṇḍala is built up along the axis of internal sensation to contain the complete hierarchy of the Saiva cosmos as the throne of the Trika's deities.”
~ Alexis Sanderson

Acknowledgements:
Trident form based on Tantrāloka 15/295c-329b translated and interpreted by Alexis Sanderson in Maṇḍala and Āgamic Identity in the Trika of Kashmir.