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Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c39.196
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Thus we see in the Paurāṇic age Brahmā is furnished with four heads, Śiva and other deities with three eyes, the goddess Durgā or Śakti, i.e. the personified energy, with ten hands holding various attributes, and the goddess of learning with a musical instrument. In the *dhyānas*, or descriptions of various deities, all their characteristic features and qualifications are elaborately referred to. In these descriptions one feature, which is practically common to all the gods and goddesses, is that they are conceived at the height of their beauty. This is applicable not only to the goddess of love or wealth, but also to the goddess of fury or terror.