South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c11.s1.2
South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c11.s1.2
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c11.s1.2
¹ In the *Silpasāra*, where the Chaushashti-Yōginis are described, some are stated to feed on dead bodies, some to wander at nights like devils and some to be quarrelsome demons with ugly eyes and erect hair on head. Eighteen well-known shrines of these goddesses in India and Ceylon (Lankā) are enumerated.