But the action of the figure is most decidedly opposed to this identification; and I am therefore inclined to assign the statue to Durga, the consort of Siva, to whom Vishnu gave his discus, and Siva his trident. This attribution is the more probable... The Imperial Gazetteer of India - Page 312by William Wilson Hunter - 1885Full view - About this book
| Sir Alexander Cunningham - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 570 pages
...Durgft, but if the name assigned to it is correct, the figure must be that of the Pauranic MdydDevi, who, according to the Bhagavata, was the " energy...and I am therefore inclined to assign the statue to Durgd the consort of Siva, to whom Vishnu gave his discus, and Siva his trident. This attribution is... | |
| Sir Alexander Cunningham - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 626 pages
...who, according to the Bhagavata, was the " energy of the supreme, and by her, whose name is M&ya., the Lord made the universe." But the action of the...and I am therefore inclined to assign the statue to Durgd the consort of Siva, to whom Vishnu gave his discus, and Siva his trident. This attribution is... | |
| Edwin Thomas Atkinson - North-Western Provinces (India) - 1875 - 668 pages
...Durga; but if the name assigned to it is correct, the figure must be that of the Pauranik Maya Deri, who, according to the Bhagavata, was the ' energy...the more probable as there is, close beside it, a squatted male figure with eight arms, which can only be Siva, and on the outside of the temple there... | |
| North-Western Provinces (India) - 1875 - 664 pages
...' energy of the supreme, and by her, whose name is Maya, the Lord made the universe.' But the^ction of the figure is most decidedly opposed to this identification...the more probable as there is, close beside it, a squatted male figure with eight arms, which can only be Siva, and on the outside of the temple there... | |
| William Wilson Hunter - India - 1885 - 526 pages
...like a human head ; and in a third hand the trisul. This is certainly not the figure of Mdya Devi, the mother of Buddha, nor is it exactly that of any...and I am therefore inclined to assign the statue to Durgd, the consort of Siva, to whom Vishnu gave his discus, and Siva his trident. This attribution... | |
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