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- The Guardians of the Directions (Sanskrit: दिक्पाल, IAST: Dikpāla) are the deities who rule the specific directions of space according to Hinduism, Jainism...
- Navagrahas. The best-preserved sculptures of the temple are the standing ashtadikpalas on the central facade of kanika, appearing on the jangha portion of...
- Uma-Mahesvara (Shiva with consort Parvati) surrounded by an ensemble of ashtadikpalas (ashta - "eight", dik - "directions", pala - "guardian"; guardians in...
- saptamatrika ("seven mothers"), while a square column includes photos of the ashtadikpalas ("eight guardians") along with the Hindu trimurthy ("three forms") and...
- river deities are depictions of the "guardians of the directions" or Ashtadikpalas—Vayu, Nirṛta, and Varuna are located above the image of Ganga, while...