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Matsya Purana 260.64

Matsyapurāṇa 260.64

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Sanskrit

260.64

stūyamānañca tadrūpamamaraiḥ sanniveśayet .
idānīṃ surarājasya rūpaṃ vakṣye viśeṣataḥ .. 260.65

The Destroyer of Mahiṣâsura, armed with a quoit, a trident, sharp pointed arrows, a javelin, holding a sword, a bow, a noose a goad a bell a battle axe in the left hands. Below Her image should be made the figure of the monster Mahiṣâsura with his severed head holding a sword in one hand soaked in blood, ferocious looking tied in the noose ejecting blood, his breast being pierced by the javelin of the Devi and his intestines coming out The conveyance of the Goddess in the form of a lion should also be made The right foot of the Goddess should be placed on the back of the lion and the toe of the left foot should be made touching the body of Mahiṣâsura Mahiṣa is made as encircled by a snake and Durgâ Devi as holding the hairs of the Demon with Her left hand Such a form of the Goddess should be made and Devas should be placed all round in praying posture—59 65

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

Now about the image of Indra the image of Indra should be made with a thousand eyes riding on an infuriated elephant with extensive thigh, chest, and face, shoulders broad like those of a lion, having long and mighty arms, holding a thunderbolt and lotus wearing a coronet and a couple of ear rings having beautiful eyes, armed with a club, adorned with various ornaments, adored by the Devas, the Gandharvas and the nymphs surrounded by a retinue of lady attendants each holding an umbrella and waiving châmara, seated on a throne with Indrâni on his left holding a lotus in Her hand—66 69

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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