Jyestha, Jyeshtha, Mudevi or Moodevi, Hindu goddess of adversity and misfortune. Woman in a sari riding a horse holding a pennant with an image of a bird. Moudevi, Deesse de la Discorde et de la Misere. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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