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Four More Popular Yaksinis
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(6) Tripura
D. Eight-Armed Variety
red
k.-sarpa
Dig.
trident, goad, bow, fruit lotus, sword, vajra, varada
disc, lotus, arrow, goad lotus, shield, ghanță, fruit
red
5 or 7
k.-sarpa
Dig.
(7) Tripura-Bhairavi
conch, bow, sword, lotus
red
k.-sarpa
disc, arrow, shield, fruit
?
Dig.
E. Twelve-Armed Variety
No.
Symbols
Colour
Hoods
Vahana
Tradition
(red)
5
k.-sarpa
Dig.
right-club, bow, lotus, arrow, varada, sword left--?, vajra, snake, noose, bow, fruit vajra, sword, axe, arrow, varada, shield, disc, mace, goad, bow, lotus, snake
(red)
5
padmāsanā
Dig.
F. Twenty-two-Armed Variety
No.
Symbols Sumi
Colour
Hoods
Vāhana
Tradition
1.
red
3
k.-sarpa
Dig.
r. 1. vajra r. 2. lotus r. 3. chatra r. 4. kapāla r. 5. bow r. 6. plough r. 7. bhindimāla r. 8. trident T. 9. cobra r. 10. staff r. 11. stone
1. 1. goad 1. 2. disc 1. 3. damaru 1. 4. sword 1. 5. pestle 1. 6. jvālā 1. 7. tārāmandala 1. 8. axe 1. 9. club 1. 10. noose 1. 11. big tree
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