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Itihāsa. Soma Yāga and calendrical representations on temple jewellery

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Brilliant insights, manasataramgini. 15+24 beads flanking the pendant are also lunar calendrical.
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      A remarkable piece of H temple jewelry whose provenance has unfortunately been lost. Quiz: what do the deities flank the central pendant signify?
    2. one may further hazard that the wide-gaped heads in the amAvAsya pieces represent rAhu. Thus, the pendant is a representation of the lunar calendrical month, fitting for the "time deity" viShNu. This representation has deep parallelsin H thought in the form of pebbles laid during
    3. the nakShatra ritual in the somayAga.

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