. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. 5. I.] THE SAURA OR TITR SrVTIIir INFLUENCE. Xxl Srosh. In the Zend Avesta he is known as Sraoshavareza^ or simply Srosh. lie is described in the Avesta as holding asword. The following is the description of himin the Bhavishya Brahmaparvan :— ^5^: flTTT^a: ^fk^T gflf#H^ I («l^:i|^«l) Skanda has the form of a prince, holds a9akti in his hand and his emblem is peacock. The worship of Skanda or is to betraced from an ancient time in India. Mention ismade, in the Lalita-Vistara, as w^e have seen, ofthe figure of Skanda. His worshippers went
. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. 5. I.] THE SAURA OR TITR SrVTIIir INFLUENCE. Xxl Srosh. In the Zend Avesta he is known as Sraoshavareza^ or simply Srosh. lie is described in the Avesta as holding asword. The following is the description of himin the Bhavishya Brahmaparvan :— ^5^: flTTT^a: ^fk^T gflf#H^ I («l^:i|^«l) Skanda has the form of a prince, holds a9akti in his hand and his emblem is peacock. The worship of Skanda or is to betraced from an ancient time in India. Mention ismade, in the Lalita-Vistara, as w^e have seen, ofthe figure of Skanda. His worshippers went bythe name of Kaumara or Skanda. Temples dedi-cated to him existed in various parts of Jayaditya of Kashmir saw a very largetemple of Kaitikeya at Paundravardhana in theeighth century of the Christian era. Kartikeyais represented as having either two, four or sixarms. In modern figures he is represented asriding on a peacock, but in ver}^ ancient times hewas shown astride a cock. Ver^^ old image ofthe latter tvpe has been discov
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