The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.359
The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.359
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v2.c17.s1.359
The fifth is Varāhī, a fat pot-bellied female with the head of a boar, having a buffalo for her vehicle. She holds a fish in one of her hands (Plate XXXIX, A). Her description in the text represents her as a big-bellied black woman with the head of a hog, holding a staff, a scymitar and the sign of blessing by the right hands and a shield, a lasso and the sign of encouragement by the left.