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" But the action of the figure is most decidedly opposed to this identification, 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 the more probable as... "
The Imperial Gazetteer of India - Page 332
by William Wilson Hunter - 1885
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Four Reports Made During the Years, 1862-63-64-65, Volume 2

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...is 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...
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Four Reports Made During the Years, 1862-63-64-65, Volume 2

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...is 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...
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Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-western ...

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...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...
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Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western ...

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...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...
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The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5

William Wilson Hunter - India - 1885 - 552 pages
...like a human head ; and in a third hand the trisul. This is certainly not the figure of Mdya Dev1, the mother of Buddha, nor is it exactly that of any...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...
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