An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s10.6

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Cultic significance of the female generative organ is seen in the images of the personified yoni type of the goddess of Lāja-Gaurī, represented as sitting with legs wide apart and raised (*Uttānapāda*), of between the 1st and 8th centuries, at sites in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh [12.6].