S^an Hai Jin 5:-----------------------------------[vahana of] Yogini
:4:5 copper |
1 golden red |
:4:6 Mt. White ... |
2. white--bear: |
:4:7 Mt. Bear's Ear |
R.ks.a-karn.i "bear-ear" |
:4:8 Mt. Male |
4. hunchback male |
:4:9 horse-gut |
6. horse |
:5:1 Mt. Lewd-bed |
11. mouse {in Brahmana, woman's sexual propensity is referred to as "mice"} |
:5:2 owls |
11. owl |
:5:3 Mt. Hang ... |
12. Lola "dangling, swinging" |
:5:4 Mt. Onion ... |
13. Lanka {etymologically related to "leek" ?} |
:5:6 dried-out wells |
17. Huta ... "poured out" |
:5:8 Mt. ... Song |
21. Ha-ha-rava "exclamation of exclmations yelling" |
:5:8 clay |
26. grey |
:5:9 Mt. Carob |
27. parrot (connoisseur of sweet foods) |
:5:10 Mt. Stage |
28. lotus [often used to stand upon -- like a stage -- by Bauddha deities] |
:5:11 small black deer |
29. black; Haya-anana "horse-mouth" |
:5:11 river Corpse |
30. corpse |
:5:13 river Dragon ... |
38. crocodile |
:5:15 gold |
42. gold throne |
:6:1 two-headed, where bees swarm |
45. deer {cf. Aztec 2-headed doe deer; Maya bees'-nest between deer-antlers} |
:6:2 Mt. White ... |
46. white |
:6:3 scarlet |
48. blue/red |
:6:6 Mt. White ... |
49. yellow/white |
:6:7 green |
50. green |
:6:8 river Porcupine |
51. porcupine |
:6:10 noise like a kite |
54. vulture, eagle |
:6:12 river Dwindle |
55. Vikr.ta "maimed" |
:6:13 golden pheasants |
56. golden garud.a-bird (pheasant ?) |
:6:13 buffaloes |
57. buffalo |
:6:13 wild horses |
59. horse, mule |
:6:13 arrow-bamboos |
60. bow |
:7:3 Girl Corpse |
62. skull, corpse |
:7:5 Sky Dolt |
63. blue dwarf |
:7:7 ox-wound |
64. ox |
Anne Birrell (transl.): The Classic of Mountains and Seas. Penguin Classics, 1999. pp. 74 to 81 |
Vidya Dehejia: Yogini Cult and Temples. National Museum, New Delhi, 1986. pp. 205 to 209 |