The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.2

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Ḍâkinî—Bhîma-śaṅkara at the source of the Bhîmâ, north-west of Poona (Dr. Oppert's *On the Original Inhabitants of Bhâratavarsha or India*, p. 379; Fergusson's *Cave Temples of India*, p. 367). The temple of Mahâdeva Bhîmaśaṅkara is a celebrated place of pilgrimage, and the god is one of the twelve Great Liṅgas of Mahâdeva (*Śiva P.*, Pt. I, chs. 38, 40; Fergusson's *Cave Temples of India*, p. 367). In the *Śiva Purâṇa* Ḍâkinî is said to be situated on the Western Ghats (Sahyâdri). *See Amareśvara*.