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On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 12:38:58

MSR wrote:

>There was question on this sometime back.

>

>ambaaL's vaahanam is Lion. devii bhaagavatam -- book V says that

>himaalaya-s gave Lion to HER. In Advaita-L, long ago Anand asked what

>is the name of this Lion (typically other vaahanas have names such as,

>nandi, garuDa, etc). AFAIK, devii bhaagavatam does not mention a name.

 

Sanskrit word for tiger is vyAghra or shArdUla. I dont remember these words

being used to describe HER vAhana. Lalitopakhyana mentions the name of the lion

of vArAhi as vajragosha.

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>Some pictures showing ambaaL riding on a Tiger is probably an influence

>of some bengali tradition (This is my guess). It may not have a real

>basis.

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>Comments and corrections are welcome.

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