The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s6.17
The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s6.17
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v2.c11.s6.17
Other names and forms, other image of Śakti are: Apsarā,¹³³ Nāṭakā,¹³⁴ Yakṣiṇī¹³⁵ and Dig Devī.¹³⁶ Being active power and causal stress, her image is an embodiment of movement; as Apsarā she is the movement in the atmosphere, as Yakṣiṇī she is the movement in vegetation, as Nāṭakā she is the movement in the body of man and is shown as a dancer. Her iconography describes her various ‘places’; they are not sharply defined. Her associates, such as bough and tree (Śālabhañjikā; Pl. LX)¹³⁷ and flowering vines (Pl. XVIII) declare her images as Yakṣiṇī.