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held in hand while meditationg upon Her. An oblation of sesamum and flower anh offered to Lakşmi (X.13).
Umā : Umā was worshipped by women to get a suitable husband (IX.106). Old women also worshipped Her (1.99).
Durgā : She is called Durgakā also (V 8).
Candikā : She was worshipped in Gujarat especially on obtaining the barvest (1.188 ; III.6).
Kālikā : Related to lord Siva, she is a controlling deity of Sākinīs. Jayasimha was advised by Sākinīs to worship Kālikā If not propitiated, she can distroy the worshipper. (XIV.1'). A shrine of Kālikā is found in the ancient city Daboi'.
Nimbajā : She appears to be a goddess belonging to a local sect of Gujarat. According to Abhayatilakagani, she is a Lokaprusiddhā Devatā (VII.41).
Śrutadevi : The eulogy of Śrutadevī is mentioned in the poem (Ku.VII.83).
Pīțhadevī : She is also referred as a goddess (IV.49).
BUDDHISM In the the time of Maitareyas of Vallabhi, Gujarat was the biggest centre of Buddhism next to Kapilavastu. About one bundred Baudha Vihāras were found in Gujarat'. But the Chaulukyas of Gujarat were either the followers of Saivism or Jainism. Nothing is found in details in the Dvayāśrayakāvya except the fact that Durlabharāja refuted the concepts of Buddhism in his court. (VII.64).
1. Burgess, J. and Cousens, H. The antiquities of the town of Dabhoi in Gujarat, Ediaburg 1888, p. 1, Also for the temple of
Kālikāmātā, Plate No. 1. 2. Lamotte, Ettienne. Histoire du Buddhisme Indien,
Louvain, 1958,p. 599.
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