South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c10.s3.17

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c10.s3.17

Ugra-Tārā, the goddess presiding over various diseases, stands in the *ālīdha* posture, carries a corpse over her head and roars terribly. Short of stature, she has braids of black colour mixed with yellow and is surrounded by dreadful serpents. In a skull she holds the diseases of the three worlds together, with the object of killing them. UGRA-TĀRĀ

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