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‡ Indicates the absence of a scholarly consensus on the
presence of a definitive contemporary temple at the site
No.[a] Site Country Relic[b] Devi[c] Bhairava[d] Description
1 Hingula
(Sanskrit: हिङ्गुला, IAST: Hiṅgulā) 		Pakistan
25°30′44.59″N 65°30′52.68″E / 25.5123861°N 65.5146333°E / 25.5123861; 65.5146333 		Crown Kottari
(Sanskrit: कोट्टरी, IAST: Koṭṭarī) 		Bhimalochana
(Sanskrit: भीमलोचन, IAST: Bhīmalocana) 		Identified as the Hingol valley, the site is associated with Sati's brahmarandhra (the upper portion of the head).[1][2] The cave shrine of Hinglaj in Balochistan is the seat of the deity,[3][4][5] who is locally called Nani—suggested to be an interpretation of the ancient Eastern Iranian goddess Nana.[1][6][7] Kottari is a variant spelling of Kotavi, a naked and ferocious mythological mother figure and a possible prototype of Chhinnamasta.[1][8][9] Bhimalochana (literally "he who has terrifying eyes") is a compound derived from the words bhima, meaning terrifying,[10] and lochana, meaning eye.[11]
2 Sharkarara ‡
(Sanskrit: शर्फरार, IAST: Śarkarāra) 		Pakistan (Three) eyes Mahishamardini
(Sanskrit: महिषमर्दिनी, IAST: Mahiṣamardinī) 		Krodhisha
(Sanskrit: क्रोधीश, IAST: Krodhīśa) 		Modern scholarship has attributed the location of the site to the city of Sukkur in Sindh.[12][6][13] Mahishamardini is an epithet of Durga, who is typically depicted in her ten-armed form as the slayer of the buffalo demon Mahishasura.[14][15] Krodhisha (translated as "lord of wrath") is derived from krodha, the Sanskrit word for wrath.[16][17]
3 Sugandha
(Sanskrit: सुगन्धा, IAST: Sugandhā) 		Bangladesh
22°50′36.14″N 90°15′33.35″E / 22.8433722°N 90.2592639°E / 22.8433722; 90.2592639 		Nose Sunanda
(Sanskrit: सुनन्दा, IAST: Sunandā) 		Tryambaka
(Sanskrit: त्र्यम्बक, IAST: Tryambaka)

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  1. ^ Indicates the sequence in which the name of the site appears in the text
  2. ^ Indicates the part of Sati's body (or her ornament) associated with the site
  3. ^ Refers to the manifestation of the goddess specified as the presiding deity of the site
  4. ^ Refers to the corresponding form of Shiva mentioned as the consort of the goddess

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c Sircar 1948, p. 43.
  2. ^ Schaflechner 2018, p. 42–47.
  3. ^ Sircar 1948, p. 85.
  4. ^ Sarkar 1958, p. 140–143.
  5. ^ Bhattacharyya 2002, p. 60–61.
  6. ^ a b Bhattacharyya 1973, p. 141.
  7. ^ Schaflechner 2018, p. 90.
  8. ^ Kinsley 1986, p. 176.
  9. ^ Schaflechner 2018, p. 45.
  10. ^ Monier-Williams 1960, p. 758.
  11. ^ Monier-Williams 1960, p. 907.
  12. ^ Sircar 1948, p. 44.
  13. ^ Bordeaux 2024, p. 15.
  14. ^ Kinsley 1986, p. 95.
  15. ^ McDermott 2011, p. 1.
  16. ^ Goudriaan & Schoterman 1994, p. 156.
  17. ^ Monier-Williams 1960, p. 322.

Bibliography

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  • Bhattacharyya, Narendra Nath (1973). History of the Śākta Religion. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal.
  • Bhattacharyya, Narendra Nath (2002). Tantrābhidhāna: A Tantric Lexicon. Delhi: Manohar. ISBN 81-7304-439-2.
  • Bordeaux, Joel (2024). "From Bauddha Deśa to Śākta Pīṭha: Re/Locating the Hindu Goddess Tārā". Journal of Hindu Studies. doi:10.1093/jhs/hiac013.
  • Goudriaan, Teun; Schoterman, Jan Anthony (1994). The Kubjikā Upaniṣad. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-64663-6.
  • Kinsley, David (1986). Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 81-208-0394-9.
  • McDermott, Rachel Fell (2011). Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal: The Fortunes of Hindu Festivals. New York City: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-52787-3.
  • Monier-Williams, Monier (1960). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Sarkar, Sachidananda (1958). মহাতীর্থ একান্নপীঠের সন্ধানে [In search of the fifty-one pithas, the great shrines] (in Bengali). Kolkata: Sarat Publishing House.
  • Schaflechner, Jürgen (2018). Hinglaj Devi: Identity, Change, and Solidification at a Hindu Temple in Pakistan. New York City: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-085053-1.
  • Sircar, Dineshchandra (1948). The Śākta Pīṭhas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
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