Agni Purana — Chapter 50
AgP 50.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये प्रतिमालक्षणं नाम ऊनपञ्चाशो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {५०} :श् अथ पञ्चाशोध्यायः देवीप्रतिमालक्षणकथनं भगवानुवाच चण्डी विंशतिबाहुः स्याद्बिभ्रती दक्षिणैः करः शूलासिशक्तिचक्राणि पाशं खेटायुधाभयं
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye pratimālakṣaṇaṃ nāma ūnapañcāśo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {50} :ś atha pañcāśodhyāyaḥ devīpratimālakṣaṇakathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca caṇḍī viṃśatibāhuḥ syādbibhratī dakṣiṇaiḥ karaḥ śūlāsiśakticakrāṇi pāśaṃ kheṭāyudhābhayaṃ
[Editorial:] Thus, in the Āgneya, the foremost great Purāṇa, the forty-ninth chapter, called "The Characteristics of Images." — Chapter 50. Now the fiftieth chapter: the telling of the characteristics of images of the Goddess. The Lord said: Caṇḍī should be twenty-armed, bearing with her right hands trident, sword, spear, discus, noose, shield, (another) weapon, and the fear-dispelling gesture.
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AgP 50.2
डमरुं शक्तिकां वामैर् नागपाशञ्च खेटकं कुठाङ्कुशचापांश् च घण्टाध्वजगदांस् तथा
ḍamaruṃ śaktikāṃ vāmair nāgapāśañca kheṭakaṃ kuṭhāṅkuśacāpāṃś ca ghaṇṭādhvajagadāṃs tathā
With her left (hands) a drum, a small spear, a serpent-noose, a shield, an axe, a goad, a bow, and likewise a bell, a banner, a mace,
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AgP 50.3
आदर्शमुद्गरान् हस्तैश् चण्डी वा दशबाहुका तदधो महिषश्छिन्नमूर्धा पतितमस्तकः
ādarśamudgarān hastaiś caṇḍī vā daśabāhukā tadadho mahiṣaśchinnamūrdhā patitamastakaḥ
a mirror and a hammer, in her hands — or else Caṇḍī with ten arms. Below her, the buffalo with its head severed, its head fallen,
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AgP 50.4
:न् १ चर्म चोत्तममिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १४१ शस्त्रोद्यतकरः क्रुद्धस्तद्ग्रीवासम्भवः पुमान् शूलहस्तो वमद्रक्तो रक्तस्रङ्मूर्धजेक्षणः
:n 1 carma cottamamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 141 śastrodyatakaraḥ kruddhastadgrīvāsambhavaḥ pumān śūlahasto vamadrakto raktasraṅmūrdhajekṣaṇaḥ
[Editorial: variant reading 'carma cottamam' in ms. ṅa; p. 141.] a man, angry, with weapon raised, arisen from its neck, trident in hand, vomiting blood, with red garland, hair and eyes,
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AgP 50.5
सिंहेनास्वाद्यमानस्तु पाशबद्धो गले भृशं याम्याङ्घ्य्राक्रान्तसिंहा च सव्याङ्घ्रिर्नीचगासुरे
siṃhenāsvādyamānastu pāśabaddho gale bhṛśaṃ yāmyāṅghyrākrāntasiṃhā ca savyāṅghrirnīcagāsure
and he is being lapped at by the lion, tightly bound at the throat by a noose; and she, with her right foot treading on the lion and her left foot on the demon lying below.
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AgP 50.6
चण्डिकेयं त्रिनेत्रा च सशस्त्रा रिपुमर्दनी नवपद्मात्मके स्थाने पूज्या दुर्गा स्वमूर्तितः
caṇḍikeyaṃ trinetrā ca saśastrā ripumardanī navapadmātmake sthāne pūjyā durgā svamūrtitaḥ
This is Caṇḍikā, three-eyed, bearing weapons, crusher of enemies. In a place consisting of nine lotuses, Durgā is to be worshipped in her own image-form.
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AgP 50.7
आदौ मध्ये तथेन्द्रादौ नवातत्त्वात्मभिः(१) क्रमात् अष्टादशभुजैका तु दक्षे मुण्डं च खेटकं
ādau madhye tathendrādau navātattvātmabhiḥ(1) kramāt aṣṭādaśabhujaikā tu dakṣe muṇḍaṃ ca kheṭakaṃ
at the beginning, in the middle, and in the (quarters) beginning with Indra's, by the nine tattva-selves in order. But one (of them) has eighteen arms: on the right a (severed) head and a shield,
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AgP 50.8
आदर्शतर्जनीचापं ध्वजं डमरुकं तथा पाशं वामे बिभ्रती च शक्तिमुद्गरशूलकं
ādarśatarjanīcāpaṃ dhvajaṃ ḍamarukaṃ tathā pāśaṃ vāme bibhratī ca śaktimudgaraśūlakaṃ
a mirror, the threatening finger, a bow, a banner, and a drum; and on the left she bears a noose, a spear, a hammer, a trident,
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AgP 50.9
वज्रखड्गाङ्कुशशरान् चक्रन्देवी शलाकया एतैर् एवायुधैर् युक्ता शेषाः षोडशबहुकाः
vajrakhaḍgāṅkuśaśarān cakrandevī śalākayā etair evāyudhair yuktā śeṣāḥ ṣoḍaśabahukāḥ
a vajra, a sword, a goad, arrows, a discus — the goddess (also) with a rod. The remaining (goddesses), furnished with just these weapons, have sixteen arms.
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AgP 50.10
डमरुं तर्जनीं त्यक्त्वा रुद्रचण्डादयो नव रुद्रचण्डा प्रचण्डा च चण्डोग्रा चण्डनायिका
ḍamaruṃ tarjanīṃ tyaktvā rudracaṇḍādayo nava rudracaṇḍā pracaṇḍā ca caṇḍogrā caṇḍanāyikā
Omitting the drum and the threatening finger, the nine beginning with Rudracaṇḍā (are): Rudracaṇḍā, Pracaṇḍā, Caṇḍogrā, Caṇḍanāyikā,
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AgP 50.11
चण्डा चण्दवती चैव चण्डरूपातिचण्डिका उग्रचण्डा च मध्यस्था रोचनाभारुणासिता
caṇḍā caṇdavatī caiva caṇḍarūpāticaṇḍikā ugracaṇḍā ca madhyasthā rocanābhāruṇāsitā
Caṇḍā, Caṇḍavatī, Caṇḍarūpā, Aticaṇḍikā, and Ugracaṇḍā in the middle; (their colours:) rocanā-yellow, reddish, black,
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AgP 50.12
नीला शुक्ला धूम्रिका च पीता श्वेता च सिंहगाः महिषोथ पुमान् शस्त्री तत्कचग्रहमुष्टिकाः
nīlā śuklā dhūmrikā ca pītā śvetā ca siṃhagāḥ mahiṣotha pumān śastrī tatkacagrahamuṣṭikāḥ
blue, bright, smoke-coloured, yellow and white — (all) riding lions. Then the buffalo, then the man with a weapon, their fists grasping his hair,
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AgP 50.13
आलीढा नव(२) दुर्गाः स्युः स्थाप्याः पुत्रादिवृद्धये तथा गौरी च चण्डिकाद्या कुण्ड्यक्षररदाग्निधृक्
ālīḍhā nava(2) durgāḥ syuḥ sthāpyāḥ putrādivṛddhaye tathā gaurī ca caṇḍikādyā kuṇḍyakṣararadāgnidhṛk
(and he) trodden upon — these should be the nine Durgās, to be installed for the increase of sons and the like. So too Gaurī, with Caṇḍikā at the head, holding a water-pot, a rosary, a tooth(?), and fire.
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AgP 50.14
सैव रम्भा वने सिद्धाग्निहीना ललिता तथा स्कन्धमूर्धकरा वामे द्वितीये धृतदर्पणा
saiva rambhā vane siddhāgnihīnā lalitā tathā skandhamūrdhakarā vāme dvitīye dhṛtadarpaṇā
She herself is Rambhā in the forest, Siddhā when without fire, and likewise Lalitā, with her hand at the shoulder and head; in her second left (hand) she holds a mirror.
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AgP 50.15
:न् १ नवतत्वादिभिरिर्ति ङ,चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ शालासु नव इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १४२ याम्ये फलाञ्जलिहस्ता सौभाग्या तत्र चोर्ध्विका लक्ष्मीर्याम्यकराम्भोजा वामे श्रीफलसंयुता
:n 1 navatatvādibhirirti ṅa,cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 śālāsu nava iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 142 yāmye phalāñjalihastā saubhāgyā tatra cordhvikā lakṣmīryāmyakarāmbhojā vāme śrīphalasaṃyutā
(Footnote apparatus: 1 'navatatvādibhiḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa; 2 'śālāsu nava' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. Page 142.) On the right (she is) holding a handful of fruit — Saubhāgyā — and there raised up; Lakṣmī, with a lotus in her right hand, on the left provided with a bilva fruit.
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AgP 50.16
पुस्ताक्षमालिकाहस्ता वीणाहस्ता सरस्वती कुम्भाब्जहस्ता श्वेताभा मकरोपरि जाह्नवी (१)
pustākṣamālikāhastā vīṇāhastā sarasvatī kumbhābjahastā śvetābhā makaropari jāhnavī (1)
With a book and a rosary in her hands, with a lute in her hand — Sarasvatī; with a pot and a lotus in her hands, white in colour, upon a makara — Jāhnavī (the Ganges). (1)
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AgP 50.17
कूर्मगा यमुना कुम्भकरा श्यामा च पूज्यते सवीणस्तुम्बुरुः शुक्लः शूली मात्रग्रतो वृषे
kūrmagā yamunā kumbhakarā śyāmā ca pūjyate savīṇastumburuḥ śuklaḥ śūlī mātragrato vṛṣe
Yamunā, riding a tortoise, with a pot in her hand, dark-coloured, is also worshipped; Tumburu, white, with his lute, and the trident-bearer (Śiva) on the bull, in front of the Mothers.
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AgP 50.18
गौरी चतुर्मुखी ब्राह्मी अक्षमालासुरान्विता कुण्डक्षपात्रिणी वामे हंसगा शाङ्करी सिता
gaurī caturmukhī brāhmī akṣamālāsurānvitā kuṇḍakṣapātriṇī vāme haṃsagā śāṅkarī sitā
Brāhmī is fair-coloured and four-faced, furnished with a rosary and (a vessel of) wine; with a water-pot and an alms-bowl on the left; Śāṅkarī is white and rides a goose.
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AgP 50.19
शरचापौ दक्षिणे ऽस्या वामे चक्रं(२) धनुर्वृषे कौमारी शिखिगा रक्ता शक्तिहस्ता द्विबाहुका
śaracāpau dakṣiṇe 'syā vāme cakraṃ(2) dhanurvṛṣe kaumārī śikhigā raktā śaktihastā dvibāhukā
Arrow and bow are on her right, on the left the discus and the bow, on a bull; Kaumārī rides a peacock, is red, has a spear in her hand and two arms.
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AgP 50.20
चक्रशङ्खधरा सव्ये वामे लक्ष्मीर्गदाब्जधृक् दण्डशङ्खासि(३) गदया वाराहो महिषस्थिता
cakraśaṅkhadharā savye vāme lakṣmīrgadābjadhṛk daṇḍaśaṅkhāsi(3) gadayā vārāho mahiṣasthitā
She holds discus and conch on the right, on the left Lakṣmī (i.e. Vaiṣṇavī) bears mace and lotus; Vārāhī, with staff, conch, sword and mace, stands upon a buffalo.
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AgP 50.21
ऐन्द्री वामे वज्रहस्ता सहस्राक्षी तु सिद्धये चामुण्डा कोटराघ्नी स्यान्निर्मांसा तु त्रिलोचना
aindrī vāme vajrahastā sahasrākṣī tu siddhaye cāmuṇḍā koṭarāghnī syānnirmāṃsā tu trilocanā
Aindrī, with a thunderbolt in her left hand, thousand-eyed, (is worshipped) for attainment; Cāmuṇḍā should be the slayer of Koṭarā, fleshless and three-eyed.
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AgP 50.22
निर्मांसा अस्थिसारा वा ऊर्ध्वकेशी कृशोदरी द्वीपचर्मधरा वामे कपालं पट्टिशङ्करे
nirmāṃsā asthisārā vā ūrdhvakeśī kṛśodarī dvīpacarmadharā vāme kapālaṃ paṭṭiśaṅkare
Fleshless, or with bones for her substance, with hair standing up, with a lean belly, wearing a tiger's skin; on the left a skull, and on the shoulder a spear (paṭṭiśa).
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AgP 50.23
शूलं कर्त्री दक्षणे ऽस्याः शवारूढास्थितभूषणा विनायको नराकारो वृहत्कुक्षिर्गजाननः
śūlaṃ kartrī dakṣaṇe 'syāḥ śavārūḍhāsthitabhūṣaṇā vināyako narākāro vṛhatkukṣirgajānanaḥ
A trident and a knife are on her right; mounted on a corpse, adorned with bones. Vināyaka has a human form, a large belly, and an elephant's face.
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AgP 50.24
वृहच्छुण्डो ह्य् उपवीतो मुखं सप्तकलं भवेत् विस्ताराद्दैर्घ्यतचैव शुण्डं षट्त्रिंशदङ्गुलं
vṛhacchuṇḍo hy upavīto mukhaṃ saptakalaṃ bhavet vistārāddairghyatacaiva śuṇḍaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśadaṅgulaṃ
With a large trunk and wearing the sacred thread; the face should be seven kalās (in measure); the trunk, by breadth and by length, is thirty-six aṅgulas.
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AgP 50.25
कला द्वादश नाडी तु ग्रीवा सार्धकलोच्छ्रिता षट्त्रिंशदङ्गुलं कण्ठं गुह्यमध्यर्धमङ्गुलं
kalā dvādaśa nāḍī tu grīvā sārdhakalocchritā ṣaṭtriṃśadaṅgulaṃ kaṇṭhaṃ guhyamadhyardhamaṅgulaṃ
The nāḍī is twelve kalās; the neck is raised one and a half kalās; the throat is thirty-six aṅgulas, and the private part one and a half aṅgulas.
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AgP 50.26
:न् १ मकरेद्धरि जाह्नवीति ख, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तत्रयकपाठः २ वामे वज्रमिति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ शङ्खारि इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १४३ नाभिरूरू द्वादशञ्च जङ्घे पादे तु दक्षिणे स्वदन्तं परशुं वामे लड्डुकञ्चोत्पलं शये
:n 1 makareddhari jāhnavīti kha, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustatrayakapāṭhaḥ 2 vāme vajramiti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 śaṅkhāri iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 143 nābhirūrū dvādaśañca jaṅghe pāde tu dakṣiṇe svadantaṃ paraśuṃ vāme laḍḍukañcotpalaṃ śaye
(Footnote apparatus: 1 'makareddhari jāhnavī' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, gha, ṅa; 2 'vāme vajram' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha, ṅa; 2 'śaṅkhāri' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. Page 143.) The navel and the thighs are twelve; likewise the shanks and the feet. In the right (hands) his own tusk and an axe; on the left a sweetmeat-ball, and a blue lotus he holds.
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AgP 50.27
सुमुखी च विडालाक्षी पार्श्वे स्कन्दो मयूरगः स्वामी शाखो विशाखश् च द्विभुजो बालरूपधृक्
sumukhī ca viḍālākṣī pārśve skando mayūragaḥ svāmī śākho viśākhaś ca dvibhujo bālarūpadhṛk
And Sumukhī and Viḍālākṣī (are) at his side. Skanda rides a peacock; Svāmin, Śākha and Viśākha, two-armed, bearing the form of a boy.
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AgP 50.28
दक्षे शक्तिः कुक्कुटोथ एकवक्त्रोथ षण्मुखः षड्भुजो वा द्वादशभिर्ग्रामेरण्ये द्विबाहुकः
dakṣe śaktiḥ kukkuṭotha ekavaktrotha ṣaṇmukhaḥ ṣaḍbhujo vā dvādaśabhirgrāmeraṇye dvibāhukaḥ
On the right a spear, then a cock; then one-faced, or six-faced, six-armed, or with twelve (arms); in a village two-armed, in the forest (likewise).
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AgP 50.29
शक्तीषुपाशनिस्त्रिंशतोत्रदोस्तर्जनीयुतः शक्त्या दाक्षिणहस्तेषु षट्सु वामे करे तथा
śaktīṣupāśanistriṃśatotradostarjanīyutaḥ śaktyā dākṣiṇahasteṣu ṣaṭsu vāme kare tathā
Furnished with spear, arrow, noose, sword, goad, and the raised forefinger — with the spear (first) among the six right hands, and likewise in the left hand:
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AgP 50.30
शिखिपिच्छन्धनुः खेटं पताकाभयकुक्कुटे कपालकर्तरीशूलपाशभृद्याम्यसौम्ययोः
śikhipicchandhanuḥ kheṭaṃ patākābhayakukkuṭe kapālakartarīśūlapāśabhṛdyāmyasaumyayoḥ
a peacock-feather, a bow, a shield, a banner, the gesture of fearlessness, and a cock; bearing skull, knife, trident and noose in the right and left (hands).
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AgP 50.31
गजचर्मभृदूर्ध्वास्यपादा स्यात् रुद्रचर्चिका सैव चाष्टभुजा देवी शिरोडमरुकान्विता
gajacarmabhṛdūrdhvāsyapādā syāt rudracarcikā saiva cāṣṭabhujā devī śiroḍamarukānvitā
Bearing an elephant-hide, with face and feet upraised, she would be Rudracarcikā; that same goddess with eight arms, furnished with a head and a ḍamaru drum,
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AgP 50.32
तेन सा रुद्रचामुण्डा नाटेश्वर्यथ नृत्यती इयमेव महालक्ष्मीरुपविष्टा चतुर्मुखी
tena sā rudracāmuṇḍā nāṭeśvaryatha nṛtyatī iyameva mahālakṣmīrupaviṣṭā caturmukhī
by that (is) she Rudracāmuṇḍā; and when dancing, Nāṭeśvarī. This very one, seated and four-faced, is Mahālakṣmī.
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AgP 50.33
नृवाजिमहिषेभांश् च खादन्ती च करे स्थितान् दशबाहुस्त्रिनेत्रा च शस्त्रासिडमरुत्रिकं
nṛvājimahiṣebhāṃś ca khādantī ca kare sthitān daśabāhustrinetrā ca śastrāsiḍamarutrikaṃ
And devouring men, horses, buffaloes and elephants held in her hands, ten-armed and three-eyed, (bearing) weapon, sword, ḍamaru and trident,
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AgP 50.34
बिभ्रती दक्षिणे हस्ते वामे घण्टां च खेटकं खट्वाङ्गं च त्रिशूलञ्च सिद्धचामुण्डकाह्वया
bibhratī dakṣiṇe haste vāme ghaṇṭāṃ ca kheṭakaṃ khaṭvāṅgaṃ ca triśūlañca siddhacāmuṇḍakāhvayā
holding (these) in her right hand, and in the left a bell, a shield, a khaṭvāṅga staff and a trident — she is named Siddhacāmuṇḍā.
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AgP 50.35
सिद्धयोगेश्वरी देवी सर्वसिद्धप्रदायिका एतद्रूपा भवेदन्या पाशाङ्कुशयुतारुणा
siddhayogeśvarī devī sarvasiddhapradāyikā etadrūpā bhavedanyā pāśāṅkuśayutāruṇā
The goddess Siddhayogeśvarī, granter of all attainments, has this same form; another is ruddy-coloured, holding noose and goad.
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AgP 50.36
भैरवी रूपविद्या तु भुजैर् द्वादशभिर्युता एताः श्मशानजा रौद्रा अम्बाष्टकमिदं(१) स्मृतं
bhairavī rūpavidyā tu bhujair dvādaśabhiryutā etāḥ śmaśānajā raudrā ambāṣṭakamidaṃ(1) smṛtaṃ
But Bhairavī, whose form is knowledge (rūpavidyā), is furnished with twelve arms. These, born of the cremation ground, fierce — this is called the Group of Eight Mothers.
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AgP 50.37
:न् १ आद्याष्टकमिदमिति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः :प् १४४ क्षमा शिवावृता(१) वृद्धा द्विभुजा विवृतानना दन्तुरा क्षेमकरी स्याद्भूमौ जानुकरा स्थिता
:n 1 ādyāṣṭakamidamiti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ :p 144 kṣamā śivāvṛtā(1) vṛddhā dvibhujā vivṛtānanā danturā kṣemakarī syādbhūmau jānukarā sthitā
[apparatus: three manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha read 'ādyāṣṭakam idam'; page 144] Kṣamā, encircled by Śiva, is aged, two-armed, with gaping mouth and prominent teeth; Kṣemakarī should be seated on the ground with her hands on her knees.
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AgP 50.38
यक्षिण्यस्तब्धदीर्घाक्षाः शाकिन्यो वक्रदृष्टयः(२) पिङ्गाक्षाः स्युर्महारम्या रूपिण्योप्सरसः(३) सदा
yakṣiṇyastabdhadīrghākṣāḥ śākinyo vakradṛṣṭayaḥ(2) piṅgākṣāḥ syurmahāramyā rūpiṇyopsarasaḥ(3) sadā
The Yakṣiṇīs have staring, long eyes; the Śākinīs have crooked glances; the Rūpiṇī Apsarases are always tawny-eyed and exceedingly lovely.
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AgP 50.39
साक्षमाली त्रिशूली च नन्दीशो द्वारपालकः महाकालोसिमुण्डी स्याच्छूलखटकवांस् तथा
sākṣamālī triśūlī ca nandīśo dvārapālakaḥ mahākālosimuṇḍī syācchūlakhaṭakavāṃs tathā
Nandīśa, the doorkeeper, holds a rosary and a trident; and Mahākāla should hold a sword and a severed head, and likewise a spear and a shield.
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AgP 50.40
कृशो भङ्गी च नृत्यन् वै कुष्माण्डस्थूलखर्ववान् गजगोकर्णवक्त्राद्या वीरभद्रादयो गणाः
kṛśo bhaṅgī ca nṛtyan vai kuṣmāṇḍasthūlakharvavān gajagokarṇavaktrādyā vīrabhadrādayo gaṇāḥ
Thin, and crooked, and dancing indeed, Kuṣmāṇḍa is stout and dwarfish; the troops beginning with Vīrabhadra have faces of elephants, cows' ears and the like.
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AgP 50.41
घण्टाकर्णोष्टदशदोः पापरोगं विदारयन् वज्रासिदण्डचक्रेषुमुषलाङ्कुशमुद्गरान्
ghaṇṭākarṇoṣṭadaśadoḥ pāparogaṃ vidārayan vajrāsidaṇḍacakreṣumuṣalāṅkuśamudgarān
Ghaṇṭākarṇa has eighteen arms, tearing apart sin and disease, (holding) thunderbolt, sword, staff, discus, arrow, pestle, goad, mallet,
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AgP 50.42
दक्षिणे तर्जनीं खेटं शक्तिं मुण्डञ्च पाशकं चापं घण्टां कुठारञ्च द्वाभ्याञ्चैव त्रिशूलकं घण्टामालाकुलो देवो विस्फोटकविमर्दनः(४)
dakṣiṇe tarjanīṃ kheṭaṃ śaktiṃ muṇḍañca pāśakaṃ cāpaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ kuṭhārañca dvābhyāñcaiva triśūlakaṃ ghaṇṭāmālākulo devo visphoṭakavimardanaḥ(4)
on the right the threatening finger, a shield, a spear, a head, and a noose, a bow, a bell, and an axe, and with two (hands) a trident; the god, crowded with a garland of bells, is the crusher of pustules (visphoṭaka).
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