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Devananda's Dream
An Interpretation of its Symbolism
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going to tlie Assembly hall Yudlushtlura cast a glance at several auspicious things including svastika, vardhamana nandyavarla, mala, Jalakumbha, flame, pot filled with rice, gorocana, curd, ghee, honey, mangal vihaga, and kanya etc It appears to us that later on some of these mangalas became convcried into dream symbols, some became a part of the angavilja (science of the body) and sometimes occupied a place in the iconography of the great gods