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    Retrieved 20 April 2017. Chatterjee, Asim Kumar (1970). The Cult of Skanda-Kārttikeya in Ancient India. University of Michigan. Civaraman, Akila (2006). Kandha...
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    safely said that Karttikeya was considered their Iṣṭa-devatā. Kumāra Karttikeya with vel and rooster, coin of the Yaudheyas Karttikeya shrine with antelope...
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    Khandoba's varied associations also include an identification with Surya and Karttikeya. Myths about Shiva that were "roughly contemporary with early Christianity"...
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    myth of the conception and birth of Karttikeya, a god of male beauty and battle. Numerous versions of Karttikeya's birth story exist, many having a conception...
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    resides in Girinagara. The yaksha Vasava resides in Vaidisa. The yaksha Karttikeya resides in Rohitaka. This yaksha Kumara is renowned in the great city...
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    A coin, around 200 BCE, of the Yaudheyas with depiction of Kumāra Karttikeya...
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    to be the Four Kumaras (one unit) than – as the translator believes – Karttikeya, one of Shiva's sons and the Hindu god of war These avatars are stated...
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    Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505742-2. Gupta, Shakti M. (1988). Karttikeya: The Son of Shiva. Bombay: Somaiya Publications Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 81-7039-186-5...
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    devoid of wars and disturbances. For example, he worshipped the war god Karttikeya, and his gold coins suggest that he performed the Ashvamedha ceremony...
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    the sanctum above the Mahakal shrine. The images of Ganesh, Parvati and Karttikeya are installed in the west, north, and east of the sanctum sanctorum. To...
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    Indological Book House Khokar, Ashish; Saraswati, S. (2005), Ganesha-Karttikeya, New Delhi: Rupa and Co, ISBN 978-8129107763 Krishan, Yuvraj (1981–1982)...
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    Yaudheya coin, imitative of Kushan coinage, 3rd-4th centuries CE. Obverse: Karttikeya standing facing, holding a spear with dvi (“two” in Brahmi) to the left...
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    A basalt statue of Lalita flanked by Gaṇeśa and Kārttikeya, Pala era....
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     4–6. Rocher 1986, pp. 114, 229–238. KK Kurukkal (1961), A Study of the Karttikeya Cult as reflected in the Epics and the Puranas, University of Ceylon Review...
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    wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 3 August 2022. www.wisdomlib.org (14 October 2018). "Kārttikeya is crowned [Chapter 5]". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 3 August 2022. www...
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    28; Volume 28. Prabasi Press Private, Ltd. 1920. Sinha, Kanchan (1979). Kārttikeya in Indian art and literature. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan. OCLC 644105825...
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  • Group of Monuments Pala basalt statue of Lalita flanked by Gaṇeśa and Kārttikeya, 11th century The Thiruvalluvar Statue, or the Valluvar Statue, is a 133-feet...
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    women representing the Pleiades - Kritika in Sanskrit. He thus gets named Karttikeya. As a young lad, he destroyed Taraka. He is also known as Kumara (Sanskrit...
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  • - कृत्तिका an old name of the Pleiades; personified as the nurses of Kārttikeya, a son of Shiva. Pleiades Lord: Surya (Sun) Symbol: Knife or spear Deity :...
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    its last stronghold. A basalt statue of Lalita flanked by Gaṇeśa and Kārttikeya Carved shankhas Sculpture of Varaha avatar of Lord Vishnu Jina Rishabhanatha...
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    Coin showing Karttikeya and Lakshmi (Ujjain, c. 150–75 BC)...
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    were located to Surya (north-west corner), Ganesha (north-east corner), Karttikeya (south-east corner), and Lakshmi-Narayana or Uma-Maheshvara (south-west)...
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    Sontheimer in Bakker p.113 For use of the name Khandoba as a name for Karttikeya in Maharashtra, Gupta Preface, and p. 40. Khokar, Mohan (June 25, 2000)...
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    temple complex are the Vaidyanath (Shiva), Parvati, Nritya Ganapati, Karttikeya, Narsimha, Brahma, Mahishasurmardini, Sapta Nartikas, Surya, Garuda and...
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    among her servants. Unable to find her, Andhaka returns to the battle. Kārttikeya and Gaṇeśa, accompanied by the Gaṇas, destroyed Andhaka's chariot. Shiva...
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    Punjab, 1st century BCE Kumāra Karttikeya with vel and rooster, coin of the Yaudheyas (1st c. BCE) Six-headed Karttikeya on a Yaudheya coin. British Museum...
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    Bhagavad Gita. It is sometimes a substitute for Brahmacharya stage of life. "Karttikeya worship in Bengal". Why Arumugan worshipped only South India Sc, Subhash...
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  • administering medicine, the purging of poisons, and surgery. 6 Shashthi Shashthi Karttikeya presides over this day and is favourable for coronations, meeting new...
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    BCE. (According to Ponnambalam Arunachalam Kajjaragama is derived from Kârttikeya Grâma ("City of Kartikeya"), shortened to Kajara-gama) The vicinity of...
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  • Hindus, especially found in South India and Sri Lanka where Lord Muruga Karttikeya is the Supreme Godhead. Lord Muruga is considered superior to the Trimurti...
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