Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1671

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1671

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c9.1671

SAUBHĀYAGAURĪ. A particular kind of image of Devī Pārvatī. When the image of this goddess Pārvatī is fixed and consecrated as having the posture with one of the left hands touching the head and shoulder and the other hand holding a mirror, one of the right hands holding fruit and the other one being held high, it is called Saubhāyagaurī. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 50).

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Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit