South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c10.s2.48
South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c10.s2.48
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c10.s2.48
A goddess with sixteen arms killing the buffalo-demon and as such to be classed among the Saivite Saktis, is also called Mahā-Lakshmī. The Mahā-Lakshmī, described in the Chandikalpa, has twenty arms, holds all the destructive weapons and is seen in the act of killing the buffalo-demon.² It will be observed that this Mahā-Lakshmī is only another form of Durgā.