Gatekeepers

Harsha V. Dehejia hdehejia at CCS.CARLETON.CA
Tue Jul 20 11:22:51 UTC 1999


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

 


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