Gatekeeprs or dvarpalas are ordinary humans while dikpalas or guardians of the cardinal directions are semi-divine beings. Neither Ganesha nor Skanda perform this functions. Harsha V. Dehejia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/attachments/19990720/f1824620/attachment.htm>