Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.s1.20

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The question should be decided on the basis of the firm facts. In the first instance the short inscription on the female statue, locally known as Mansā Devī, found at Jhīng Kā Nagarā, calls it a Yakhī (in Prakrit, Sanskrit, Yakshī). The statue from Pawāyā (Padmāvatī) also is mentioned in the epigraph as that of Māṇibhadra Yaksha, which was installed by the members of a Goshṭhī at Pawāyā. The image found at Noh, in Bharatpur district, was traditionally known as that of a Jakhaiyā, i.e. Yaksha.