Nikhilesh Ojha

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In seven places, parts of her body fell. Her feet fell at Devīkuta, where she is called Mahābhagā; her thighs at Uddiyāna, where she is called Kātyāyanī; her yoni at Kāmarupa, where she is called Kāmākhyā; her shoulders and neck at Pūrnagiri, where she is Pūrnesvarī; her navel to the east of Kāmarūpa, where she is Dikkaravāsinī; her breasts at Jalandhara, where she is Chandī. And Shiva became present in each of these places as well, establishing himself as a linga attached to each manifestation of the devī.
India: A Sacred Geography
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