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# The Purana Index v1.c5.s8.97

The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s8.97

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### [v1.c5.s8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s8.97)

Caṇḍikā (I)—a name of Yogamāyā.¹ Diti during the course of pregnancy was forbidden to take the remainder of offerings to the goddess.² Her shrine was known Caṇḍikā-gṛha,³ a mother-goddess;⁴ enshrined at Makarandaka, an epithet of Umā⁵

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