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Title: The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Nagendra-Natha Vasu
Subjects: Cults Buddha and Buddhism
Publisher: (Calcutta Printed by U.N. Bhattacharyya at the Hare Press)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ancient times hmnan sacrifices werealso offered to her. This goddess presents an emaciated form likea skeleton, and has eight arms. She is seated ona lotus springing from the body of the godHari, who wears on his head a crown. The headof the goddess is broken. There is anotherbroken image of the goddess Bhima like the onementioned above, lying in the outer courtyard ofthe temple of Mani-nageQvara near Bhimapur.She is not worshipped now. The following in-structions for meditating on Bhima may befound in the Kaijkalamalini Tantra : — I salute the great goddess Bhima, who hasthe colour of a blue lotus, who has well-developedhigli breasts, is seated on a seat over the sleep-ing body of Cri Hari, has three eyes, is benign,has a mudrd and a sword in her hands, givesboon (vara) and assurance of safety (ahhaya)(by her two other hands), wears a beautifully-coloured bright garment and who has (around Firfc AVatters uii Viiaii Cluian^. \o). i, p. 3ii. Mayurabhanja Arch^ological Survey.
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30. Chaiuimda from Deogdo, I.J THE HINDU CxVKTA INFLUENCE. Ixix her neck) a dangling precious necklace ofChandrakanta stone.^ Thus also in another place :— One should think of goddess Bhima ashaving the colour of a black cloud, having asword, a conch-shell, a spear and a Khadga(a kind of sword) in her hands, having a risingmoon on her head and three eyes, and lookingas one who has defeated all enemies and whohas the power of removing all troubles. The images of the goddess at Bhiraapuranswer the description given in the two Tantrastaken together. The Chinese pilgrim sawimages of Bhima not only in India, but alsoin Khotan in Central Asia. He also foundthere a city called after her.-- He speaksof her image as being made of dark bluestone and we have seen that in the Tantrastoo she is described as having the colour ofa blue lotus.t The grim figure of the goddess Chamimda in cwamunda.Deogiio (Devagrama) used to inspire awe and fearamong the people who worshipped it. This image ( flii^if

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