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Snake earrings of India
Their social, religious and symbolical context

Fig. 2: Human form (anthropomorphic) of the Naga goddess Manasa,
canopied by a polycephalic snake
9th c AD
State Museum, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
(found in Dharmasala)

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