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Identifier: archaeologicalsu01nage (find matches)
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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ar vehicle and whois adorned with good ornaments. The image of Doma-gandara, of which we arenow speaking, appears to answer the abovedescription. Narasimhi. The goddcss Narasimhi found at Badasai has eight hands, in her three right hands she holdsghanta (bell), khadga (sword) and mace, thefourth gives protection, in her left three sheholds vajra, shield, and pa^a (noose); and thefourth gives blessing. (Fig. 32). This goddessis one of the eight great Caktis. She is describedin the Markandeya Purana as the female energyof God in his Nrsiihha (man-lion) form. She isfurther represented with a figure of Varahibelow the right hand, and a small figure ofBrahmi below the left hand. Gauri. A beautiful figure of Gauri is found in the Maninage^vara. She has four hands of which however two are broken. (Fig. 33). Mahis- There is an image of goddess Mahisamardini Mahaiaksmi ^^ Hariharapur, the former capital of Mayura- bhanja. Another image of this goddess is also 1 jTgagii^rq irft^^ii^t ^^^Ct^if^m
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Si. Gada Chandi or Mahisa-mardini from Haripur. T.) OAKIA INKLl ENCE. Ixxiii iouiul ill the villa.^e Bada Belakiiti, six milesaway from Badasai. The former is liiioAvii Lythe local people as CJiida Chandi and the latteras Biidhar Chandi. Besitles these, lignres ofMaha-T.aksmi have l)eeii lomid in Ayodhya,Purana-gjio and Kanisahi. It is generally be-lieved here that the image of )\Iahisamardiniat Plaripnr was worshipped at Haripnrgadanp to the time of Baja Harihara Bhanja. Fromthis, the goddess came to be known as Gada-Chnndi. Jlie worship of this goddess wnsprobably discontinued from the time when BajaVaidyanatha Bhanja was converted to Vaisnavismby Rasikaiianda Thakura. That this goddessnsed to be worshipped by the Bhanja Eajasfive or six centuries ago, however, admits of nodoubt. The following instructions for meditatingon Maha-f.nksini or )\fahisamardini are found inMantramahodadhi by )\Iahidhara :— I worship Maha-Laksmi, the slayer of thebuffalo (demon), who holds in her hands a

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