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Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.189

Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.189

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v3.c19.189

When the ocean of milk was churned Jyēṣṭhā was born before Lakshmī, and no one wished to marry her. The *rishi* Kapila took her for his wife and therefore she is known as Kapilapatni.