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The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.47

The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.47

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c5.s1.47

Ami—Eleven miles east of Chhapra containing the temple of Bhavânî, which is one of the 52 Pîṭhas, where a fragment from the body of Satî is said to have fallen. According to the Tantra-Chûḍâmaṇi, the Pîṭhas where the dissevered limbs of Satî are said to have fallen, are 52. According to the Śivacharitra, they are 51; according to the Devî-Bhâgavata there are altogether 108 Pîṭhas (Pt. vii, ch. 30). The Upa-Pîṭhas or minor Pîṭhas are 26 (Kâlikâ-Purâṇa, chs. 18, 50, 61).

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