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1071 These twenty varieties are attributed to beings called deva, dānava, gandharva, kinnara, yakṣa, pitar, guru, preta, guhyaka, vṛddha, siddha, bhūta, piśāca, jalādhidevatāḥ, nāga, brahmarākṣasa, rākṣasa, kūṣmāṇḍa, kṛtyā, and vetāla. See on the Kinnaras: Dowson; Hopkins; J. Przyluski (1936a): 331–336; M. and J. Stutley (1977). See on the Guhyakas: Dowson; Hopkins 144–148; R.N. Misra (1981): 5; M. and J. Stutley (1977).