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INTRODUCTION
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synopsis I have no text from which to quote-the story is told
in chapters 92-94. We should also note the stanza in Kṛṣṇa-
miśra's Prabodhacandrodaya, where it is said:-
krodham... kätyäyanı ʼva mahişam vinipātayāmi³
I will destroy Anger, as Katyayani (Candi) [destroyed] Mahişa.
See likewise the major St. Petersburg Sanskrit lexicon, where
the following cognomina ex virtute are listed as appellatives of
Candi in recognition of her victory over the great demon:
mahişaghni, mahişamathani, mahişamardini, mahişăsuragha-
tini, mahişăsurārdinī,' mahiṣāsurasüdant; mention is also made
there of the mahișamardinītantra, -mantra, -stotra.º
As regards other references to Mahișa in Sanskrit literature,
the Bhagavata Purana states that he was one of the demons who
fought with the gods for the possession of the nectar produced at
the churning of the ocean, and that on that occasion his op-
ponent was Vibhāvasu (Agni, Soma, or Kṛṣṇa-the epithet is
applied to all three), while Bhadrakali (Candi) fought with
Sumbha and Niśumbha.¹0 The Bhagavata also gives Mahişa's
¹ Aufrecht, op. cit., p. 59, a, line 12.
2 See the ed. by H. Sastri, Calcutta (undated), act 4, stanza 45, p. 106.
8 In Durgotsavapaddhati and Devipurana, which are cited in the Sabda-
kalpadruma (vol. 3, p. 678, a), a modern encyclopedic work by Rådhåkån-
tadeva.
* See an inscription recorded in EI, vol. 4 (1896-1897), p. 317-318.
5 See Hemacandra's Abhidhanacintamani, 205 (ed. by Sivadatta and
Parab, in the Abhidhana-Sangraha, no. 6, Bombay, 1896); see also Aufrecht,
op. cit., p. 94, b, line 44. At Rämtek, in the Central Provinces, there is a
temple dedicated to an eight-armed Mahişãsuramārdini; cf. IA, vol. 37
(1908), p. 203.
See Harivamsa, 9428, or 2. 107. II.
7 See Harivamśa, 10274; but the text which I am using-ed. by Nārāya-
ṇātmaja Vināyakarāya, Bombay, 1891-reads here (2. 120.43): bandhana-
mokşakārini.
8 See Kathasaritsägara, 7. 37. 46; cf. above, p. 251.
Aufrecht, op. cit., p. 104, a, line 14 (tantra); p. 93, b, line 2 (mantra);
p. 94, a, line 32 (stotra).
10 See Bhagavata Purana, 8. 10. 31-32; ed. by Tukārāma Jāvaji, Bombay
(?), 1898.
255
synopsis I have no text from which to quote-the story is told
in chapters 92-94. We should also note the stanza in Kṛṣṇa-
miśra's Prabodhacandrodaya, where it is said:-
krodham... kätyäyanı ʼva mahişam vinipātayāmi³
I will destroy Anger, as Katyayani (Candi) [destroyed] Mahişa.
See likewise the major St. Petersburg Sanskrit lexicon, where
the following cognomina ex virtute are listed as appellatives of
Candi in recognition of her victory over the great demon:
mahişaghni, mahişamathani, mahişamardini, mahişăsuragha-
tini, mahişăsurārdinī,' mahiṣāsurasüdant; mention is also made
there of the mahișamardinītantra, -mantra, -stotra.º
As regards other references to Mahișa in Sanskrit literature,
the Bhagavata Purana states that he was one of the demons who
fought with the gods for the possession of the nectar produced at
the churning of the ocean, and that on that occasion his op-
ponent was Vibhāvasu (Agni, Soma, or Kṛṣṇa-the epithet is
applied to all three), while Bhadrakali (Candi) fought with
Sumbha and Niśumbha.¹0 The Bhagavata also gives Mahişa's
¹ Aufrecht, op. cit., p. 59, a, line 12.
2 See the ed. by H. Sastri, Calcutta (undated), act 4, stanza 45, p. 106.
8 In Durgotsavapaddhati and Devipurana, which are cited in the Sabda-
kalpadruma (vol. 3, p. 678, a), a modern encyclopedic work by Rådhåkån-
tadeva.
* See an inscription recorded in EI, vol. 4 (1896-1897), p. 317-318.
5 See Hemacandra's Abhidhanacintamani, 205 (ed. by Sivadatta and
Parab, in the Abhidhana-Sangraha, no. 6, Bombay, 1896); see also Aufrecht,
op. cit., p. 94, b, line 44. At Rämtek, in the Central Provinces, there is a
temple dedicated to an eight-armed Mahişãsuramārdini; cf. IA, vol. 37
(1908), p. 203.
See Harivamsa, 9428, or 2. 107. II.
7 See Harivamśa, 10274; but the text which I am using-ed. by Nārāya-
ṇātmaja Vināyakarāya, Bombay, 1891-reads here (2. 120.43): bandhana-
mokşakārini.
8 See Kathasaritsägara, 7. 37. 46; cf. above, p. 251.
Aufrecht, op. cit., p. 104, a, line 14 (tantra); p. 93, b, line 2 (mantra);
p. 94, a, line 32 (stotra).
10 See Bhagavata Purana, 8. 10. 31-32; ed. by Tukārāma Jāvaji, Bombay
(?), 1898.