. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. urior Bhumiya caste in the village occasionallygive offerings to her. Several broken images of Arya Tara andJaijguli Tara have been found near Khiching inthe Panchpir sub-division of jrayurabhanja.-- Vajra Tara. It has been mentioned above that an image of Vajra-Tara was found in the temple of Uttare-9vara Civa at Ayodhya in the Nilgiri States.People call her by the name of Chandi Thaku-rani. This image was discovered amongst thevast ruins of ancient Buddhistic structures atAyodhya, and afterwards placed in the abovetemple. The follow^iug descripti
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. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. urior Bhumiya caste in the village occasionallygive offerings to her. Several broken images of Arya Tara andJaijguli Tara have been found near Khiching inthe Panchpir sub-division of jrayurabhanja.-- Vajra Tara. It has been mentioned above that an image of Vajra-Tara was found in the temple of Uttare-9vara Civa at Ayodhya in the Nilgiri States.People call her by the name of Chandi Thaku-rani. This image was discovered amongst thevast ruins of ancient Buddhistic structures atAyodhya, and afterwards placed in the abovetemple. The follow^iug description of her isgiven in the Buddhistic Tantrik work called* Sadhana Samuchchaja :— Goddess Tara should be meditated upon assituated in the midst of the Matrikas (divinemothers), having eight arms and four faces, de-corated with all sorts of ornaments, having thecolour of gold, looking benign, and shewing thefeatures of a maiden, seated on a moon placed on * For i)articulars of those Tara?. thJc Mayurabhaiiia Arclia?()ln£^ioalSurvey. Vol II.. 4G. Kuiukulla from Pardnydo. I. MAIT.VVANAOR BUDOIUsr TAXTUIKA INFLUENCE. IxXXlX a lotus representing the universe, having faces ofyellow, black, white and red complexion conse-cutively from left to right; having three eyes ineach face; she is seatc^d on a diamond throne, hasa red-coloured body, having on her crowns thefour Buddhas, and holding in her right hands avajra, an arrow, a conchshell and vara, and inher left hands a lotus bow, diamond goad, adiamond pdca, and with the fore-finger of theother left hand she points above. ^ The workmanship of the figure is axlmirable.Another image of Tara has been found inthe temple of Maninage^vara at Puranagaoin the Nilgiri States. This image is known bothin the Hindu and Buddhist Tantras as that ofKurukulla. The Sadhanamala Tantra of Nepalgives the following description of the goddess :— Her colour is red, she is seated on a redlotus, wears a red garment and a red crown, has four arms, gives assu