[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c17.s10.6 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s10.6 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s10.6 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.s10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s10.6) 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 \[12.6\]. - [Previous: v1.c17.s10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s10.5) - [Next: v1.c17.s10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s10.7) - [Up: v1.c17.s10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s10.6) · Pramāṇa