Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s7.69
Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s7.69
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v2.c16.s7.69
This conception of the dance is current also amongst Śāktas especially in Bengal, where the Mother rather than the Father-aspect of Siva is adored. Kālī* is here the dancer, for whose entrance the heart must be purified by fire, made empty by renunciation. A Bengali Hymn to Kālī voices this prayer: