Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.30

v3.c19.30

We may now take into consideration some of the special forms of the Dēvi, as associated directly or indirectly with the cult of Śiva. The Śaiva and the Śākta forms of the Dēvi are in fact the most numerous; and it is the latter of these forms that are indirectly associated with Śaivism largely.