The Development of Hindu Iconography c19.s6.29

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whose worship was prominent in Bengal). The fierce Vajrayāna deity Nairātmā clearly resembles Kālī in her iconography. In late mediaeval times, the Tāntric aspect of Śakti worship seems to have adopted much from the Mahāyāna-cum-Vajrayāna cult, and there is much that is common between many of the deities associated with both.