Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2140

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2140

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c9.2140

ŚRĪMĀTĀ. An aspect of Devī who incarnated to kill the Rākṣasa named Karṇāṭaka who used to abduct the wives of maharṣis in the disguise of a Brāhmaṇa. (Skanda Purāṇa, 3:2: 16-18).

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Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit