Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c7.21

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and the Śaiva. In this classification may well be included, for the sake of convenience, the images of Dēvī, Gaṇēśa, and other such deities since they are, according to the Purāṇas, related in some manner or other to Viṣṇu or Śiva. As a matter of fact, the goddesses associated with, Viṣṇu and Śiva represent their various divine powers and energies.