ORIENTAL SERIES.

DEVI. 87
bling a fury rather than a goddess." As Yindhya-vasini, 'the
dweller in the Yindhyas/ she is worshipped at a place of that
name where the Yindhyas approach the Ganges, near Mirzapur,
and it is said that there the blood before her image is never
allowed to get dry. As Maha-maya she is the great illusion.
The Charaft-mahatmya, which celebrates the victories of
this goddess over the Asuras, speaks of her under the fol-
lowing names : i. Durga, when she received the messengers
of the Asuras. 2. Dasa-bhuja.
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Ten-armed,' when she
destroyed part of their army. 3. Sinha-vahinl
on a
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Riding
lion/ when she fought with the Asura general Rakta-vrja. 4.
Mahisha-mardinL
'
Destroyer of Mahisha, 7
an Asura in the
form of a buffalo. 5. Jagad-dhatri
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Fosterer of
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the world,
when she again defeated the Asura army. 6. Kail 'The
black 7
She killed Eakta-vlja. 7. Mukta-kesL 'With dis-
hevelled hair. 7
Again
defeats the Asuras. 8. Tara. 'Star. 7
She killed A$umbha* 9. Chhinna-mastaka.
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Decapitated/
the headless form in which she killed Msumbha. 10. Jagad-
as lauded by the gods for her
gauri. 'World's fair one, 7
triumphs. The names which Devi obtains from her husband
are : Babhravi (Babhru), Bhagavati, Isani, Iswari, Kalanjari,
Ivapalini, Kausiki, Kirati, Maheswari, Mn'da, MrWani, Rud-
xmlj /Sarvawi, /Siva, Tryambaki From her origin she is called
Adri-ja and Giri-ja, 'mountain-born; 7
Daksha-ja, '
sprung
from Daksha. 1
Kanya-kumarl, 'the youthful
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virgin;
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mother ; Avara, *
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the youngest ;
Ku-ja,
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earth-born ;
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She is Kanya, the virgin ;
and Ambika, 'the
Ananta and ISTitya,
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the ever-
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lasting; Arya, 'the revered; 7
Yijaya, 'victorious; 7
jRiddhi,
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the rich ; SatI, '
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virtuous ; Dakshi?za, '
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right-handed ; Pinga,
'tawny, dark; 7
ELarburi,
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{spotted; Bhramari, 'the
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bee;
Kofori, '
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the naked ; Kar/ia-moti, *
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pearl-eared ; Padma-lanchhana,
'distinguished by a lotus; 7
Sarva - mangala, 'always
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auspicious ; Sakam - bhari, '
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nourisher of herbs /Siva ;
- dutl,
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$iva 7
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s messenger; Sinha-rathi, 'riding on a lion. As addicted
to austerities she is Aparwa and Katyayanl. As Bhuta-nayaki
she is chief or leader of the goblins, and as Ga^a-nayaki, the
leader of the Ganas, She is KamakshI, 'wanton-eyed; 7
and
Kamakhya, 'called by the name of Kama,
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desire. Other
names, most of them applicable to her terrible forms, are Bhadra*
kali, Bhima-devI, Chaniunda, Maha-kall, Mahamari, Mahasuri,