- in the
Matsya Purana and agamas, such as the Purva-karnagama and the
Rupamandana. The
Tantric text
Varahi Tantra mentions that
Varahi has five forms:...
- youth,
usually accompanied with a dog in the
Tantric tradition. In the
Rupamandana,
Batuka Bhairava is
prescribed to be
depicted with
eight arms, in which...
- in the Mahabharata. His
forms are
first mentioned in Agni Purana, the
Rūpamaṇḍana, and the Aparājitapṛcchā. They are also
mentioned in
Vaishnava Puranas...
-
Hindu literature on
iconography such as the
Vishnudharmottara Purana and
Rupamandana describes him as a man with
matted locks, with two hands, one carrying...
-
philosophy is, however,
preserved in the
present inscription. (...) The
Rūpamaņḍana and Aparājittapŗichha
accounts of the
deity mention a
female face instead...
-
Agamas such as the Amsumadbhedagama, Surabhedagama,
Purvakarnagama and
Rupamandana.
Brahmani (Sanskrit: ब्रह्माणी, Brahmâṇī) or
Brahmi (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मी...
-
nature of each. The
iconographical treatises Aparajitapriccha and the
Rupamandana mention that the
fourth head is Shri (Lakshmi – the wife of Vishnu) and...
