Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.63

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Durgā is often worshipped in the form of nine figures, one of them being set up in the middle and the remaining eight in positions corresponding to the eight points of the compass. They are all seated figures having a lotus as their seat. Instead of actual figures, we may introduce in their respective places their tatvāksharas, in the yantra. The image in the middle has eighteen hands, big breasts and thighs, and is adorned with various ornaments. This goddess, who is capable of granting all powers, has in eight of her left hands the tuft of hair of the