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Terrifying Beauty: Interplay of the Sanskritic and Vernacular Rituals of Siddhilakṣmī

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Timalsina, S. Terrifying Beauty: Interplay of the Sanskritic and Vernacular Rituals of Siddhilakṣmī. Hindu Studies 10, 59–73 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-006-9002-8

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