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shield, trident, axe, kunta, vajra, bhindamala, fruit, club, leaf, stalk, and varada.
In the Padmavati Stotra also her countenance is red but she has been provided here with a hamsa as her vahana. Here she has been given a different set of weapons. Thus, the yakṣi Padmavati holds a vajra, goad, lotus, cakra, chatra, damaru, kapāla, sword, bow, arrow, pestle, plough, sakti, fire, bhindamala, cluster of stars, trident, axe, cobra, danda, noose, stone and tree.7
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At another place the same text also enumerates her various attributes but in eleven pairs. Thus, the first pair of weapons include a vajra in the right hand and a goad in the left hand. The next pair shows a lotus in the right and a cakra in the left hand. Similarly other pair of weapons include a chatra in the right and a damaru in the left, a bowl in the right and a sword in the left, a bow in the right and a pestle in the left, a plough in the right and a fire in the left, a bhindamāla in the right and a tārāmaṇdala in the left, a trident in the right and an axe in the left, a cobra in the right and a club in the left, a staff in the right and a noose in the left, and a stone in the right and a big tree in the left. The following verses enumerates the twenty four attributes of the yakşi again. These are sword, bow, arrow, pestle, plough, cobra, fire, nārāca, disc, spear, salya, trident, khappara, damaru, noose, staff, stone, club, axe, lotus, ankusa, chatra, vajra and tree.9
6 Dr. U. P. Shah has considered it as rosary (op. cit., p. 276) whereas Dr. M. N. P. Tiwari has splitted it into bhinda and mala. (Jaina Pratimavijnana (in Hindi), Varanasi, 1981, p. 236)
caturavimsatibahuvirajam tesamayudhavividhasuprajam daksinakara vajrayudhasohe vama bhaga ankusa mana mohe kamalacakrachhatrankitasaram damarukasobha vamakartaram camrakapalakhangadhanuskansam banamusalahalarisiratrasam saktivanhijvalagaganadharanam bhindamalavarasatrukasaranam taramandalagaganavisalam daksinakarasobhitatrisulam
pharasanagamudagarapracandam savyahastaghrtavartanadandam nagapasapasanavisalam anhipasanakalpadrumajalam
-Padmavati Stotra
(Sri Bhairava Padmavati Kalpa, Ahmedabad, 1937, appendix V, pp. 35-36)
Sri Bhairava Padmavati Kalpa, op. cit., appendix V, pp. 32-35.
9 khanga kodandakandau musalahalaphanivanhinaracacakram saktya salyata trisulam khaparadamarukam nagapasam ca dandam pasanam mudgara ca pharasakamalasuankusam camrachhatram vajram vrksam cayudham duritaduriharam pujanam svestasiddhyai -Padmavati Stotra
(Sri Bhairava Padmavti Kalpa, Appendix V, p. 35)
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