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# Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.98

Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.98

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### [v3.c19.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.98)

This is a twin goddess of whom Vāruṇī has pendulous breasts and a flabby belly and is clad in red garments and carries in her hands the śūla and bāṇa. Otherwise she must be sculptured as a handsome woman. Chāmuṇḍā has large and long nails and several hands. This Chāmuṇḍā is said to be capable of attracting all to herself by means of her power.

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