[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Elements of Hindu Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914) › v3.c19.60 # Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.60 Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.60 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.60) In other works also similar stories are given of the killing of Mahishāsura by the Dēvi. The destruction of Mahishāsura is considered to be allegorical; the Padma-purāṇa says that in the Svāyambhava-manvantara, Mahishāsura was killed by Vaishṇavi on the Mandaragiri, that he was once again destroyed by Nandā in the Vaivasvata-manvantara on the Vindhya mountain, and that thus personified ignorance was killed by Jñāna-śakti which is the same as personified wisdom. It may also be that this story indicates the substitution of the buffalo-totem worship by a form of goddess-worship among certain early primitive tribes in the country. - [Previous: v3.c19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.59) - [Next: v3.c19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.61) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.60) · Pramāṇa