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Buddha's time explains the fact that the priests had been compelled to acknowledge her and to invent
Fig. 37.—MODERN IMAGE OF SRI AS CONSORT OF VISHNU.
[From Burgess's Cave Temples of India, p. 524.]
a special legend to excuse their doing so'; and that they incidentally mention her, once again, in
1 'Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, xi. 4, 3.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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