The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1206 page)
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K
l
mukhas
(
aiva sect)
:
lmukhas(
aiva sect):
K
lar
tri
lartri(Skt., ‘the dark night’). One of a variety of names of
Dev
. She is a Goddess of the night personifying Time, and at the end of each age assumes the form of Mah
k
l
, a dark destroyer born out of the wrath of
iva
. She has tusks and wears a garland of skulls; also called Mah
laksmi, Mah
m
y
, Nidr
, Yoganidr
, etc.
Dev
. She is a Goddess of the night personifying Time, and at the end of each age assumes the form of Mahkl, a dark destroyer born out of the wrath ofiva. She has tusks and wears a garland of skulls; also called Mah
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