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Matsya Purana 261.53

Matsyapurāṇa 261.53

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Sanskrit

261.53

kapālaṃ vāmahaste tu śiraḥ keśaiḥ samāvṛtam.
dakṣiṇe śaktikāṃ dadyādasurakṣayakāriṇīm .. 261.52

The images of Kṣetrapâlas should be made with plaited hair, formidable in appearance, undressed, surrounded by dogs and jackals, holding a head covered with the hair in the left hand, and a javelin in the right to destroy the demons—51-52

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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