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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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.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.

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