Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s1.16
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s1.16
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³ Baghes, ‘ the tiger lord. He wears a tiger’s or panther’s hide; which he places beneath him. So Bacchus did. The phallus is the emblem of each. Baghes has several temples in Mewar. [In identifying Bacchus with a Hindu tiger god the author depended on Asiatic Researches, i. 258, viii. 51. For the Greek story in the text see Quintus Curtius viii. 10; Diodorus iii. 63; Arrian, Anabasis, vii.]