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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="মোহিনী – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="মোহিনী" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="মোহিনী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মোহিনী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohini" title="Mohini – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Mohini" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohini" title="Mohini – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mohini" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohin%C4%AB" title="Mohinī – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mohinī" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohini" title="Mohini – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mohini" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%A8%ED%9E%88%EB%8B%88" title="모히니 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="모히니" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="मोहिनी अवतार – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मोहिनी अवतार" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohini" title="Mohini – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mohini" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohini" title="Mohini – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mohini" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF" title="ಮೋಹಿನಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮೋಹಿನಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohin%C4%97" title="Mohinė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mohinė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF" title="മോഹിനി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മോഹിനി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80" title="मोहिनी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मोहिनी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%8D%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A4" title="ꯃꯣꯍꯤꯅꯤ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯃꯣꯍꯤꯅꯤ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="मोहनी अवतार – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मोहनी अवतार" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%8B%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%80" title="ମୋହିନୀ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ମୋହିନୀ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80" title="ਮੋਹਿਨੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮੋਹਿਨੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%DB%81%D9%86%DB%8C" title="موہنی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="موہنی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohini" title="Mohini – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mohini" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Мохини – 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Mohini_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Mohini (disambiguation)">Mohini (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Hindu goddess of enchantment, the only female avatar of Vishnu</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;background-color: #FFC569;">Mohini</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="font-size: 110%;">Goddess of Beauty, Seduction, Eroticism and Illusion</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohini_on_a_swing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Mohini_on_a_swing.jpg/220px-Mohini_on_a_swing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Mohini_on_a_swing.jpg/330px-Mohini_on_a_swing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Mohini_on_a_swing.jpg/440px-Mohini_on_a_swing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3660" data-file-height="5119" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i>Mohini on a swing</i> by <a href="/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma" title="Raja Ravi Varma">Raja Ravi Varma</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a></th><td class="infobox-data">मोहिनी</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> transliteration</th><td class="infobox-data">Mohinī</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Avatar" title="Avatar">Avatar</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data">Mohini-Astra (Seduction), <a href="/wiki/Sudarshana_Chakra" title="Sudarshana Chakra">Sudarshana Chakra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Female</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569;">Genealogy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consort</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shasta_(deity)" title="Shasta (deity)">Shasta</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mohini</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>: मोहिनी, <i><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Mohinī</i></span></i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_goddess" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu goddess">Hindu goddess</a> of enchantment. She is the only female <a href="/wiki/Avatar" title="Avatar">avatar</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> god <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>. She is portrayed as a <i><a href="/wiki/Femme_fatale" title="Femme fatale">femme fatale</a></i>, an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohini is introduced into <a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Hinduism</a> in the narrative epic of the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. Here, she appears as a form of Vishnu following the <a href="/wiki/Samudra-manthana" class="mw-redirect" title="Samudra-manthana">Churning of the Ocean</a>, a mesmerising beauty who distributes the <a href="/wiki/Amrita" title="Amrita">amrita</a> (the elixir of immortality) to the weakened <a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">devas</a> (gods) and depriving it to the dominant <a href="/wiki/Asura" title="Asura">asuras</a> (demons), allowing the former to defeat the latter with their newfound immortality. </p><p>Many different legends tell of her various exploits and marriages, including her union with the god <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>. These tales relate, among other things, the birth of the god <a href="/wiki/Shasta_(deity)" title="Shasta (deity)">Shasta</a> and the destruction of <a href="/wiki/Bhasmasura" title="Bhasmasura">Bhasmasura</a>, the ash-demon. Mohini's main <i><a href="/wiki/Modus_operandi" title="Modus operandi">modus operandi</a></i> is to trick or beguile those she encounters. She is worshipped throughout Indian culture, but mainly in Western India, where temples are devoted to her depicted as <a href="/wiki/Mahalasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahalasa">Mahalasa</a>, the consort of <a href="/wiki/Khandoba" title="Khandoba">Khandoba</a>, a regional avatar of Shiva. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Mohini</i> comes from the verb root <i>moha</i>, meaning "to delude, enchant, perplex, or illusion,"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and literally means "delusion personified." In the <a href="/wiki/Baiga_(tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baiga (tribe)">Baiga</a> culture of Central <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, the word <i>mohini</i> means "erotic magic or spell."<sup id="cite_ref-G44_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G44-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name also has an implied connotation of "the essence of female <a href="/wiki/Beauty" title="Beauty">beauty</a> and allurement."<sup id="cite_ref-mohiniattam_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mohiniattam-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legends_and_history">Legends and history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legends and history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Amrita">The Amrita</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Amrita"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohini_Samudra_manthan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Mohini_Samudra_manthan.jpg/220px-Mohini_Samudra_manthan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Mohini_Samudra_manthan.jpg/330px-Mohini_Samudra_manthan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Mohini_Samudra_manthan.jpg/440px-Mohini_Samudra_manthan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2867" data-file-height="1352" /></a><figcaption>Mohini distributing the Amrita to the Devas (left), while the Asuras look on</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:India,_Calcutta,_Kalighat_painting,_19th_century_-_Vishnu_in_Female_Form_of_Mohini_Carrying_Amrita_for_the_Gods_-_2003.122_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Vishnu as Mohini in the Kalighat style of painting, Cleveland Museum of Art" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Vishnu_in_Female_Form_of_Mohini_Carrying_Amrita_for_the_Gods_-_2003.122_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-220px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Vishnu_in_Female_Form_of_Mohini_Carrying_Amrita_for_the_Gods_-_2003.122_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Vishnu_in_Female_Form_of_Mohini_Carrying_Amrita_for_the_Gods_-_2003.122_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-330px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Vishnu_in_Female_Form_of_Mohini_Carrying_Amrita_for_the_Gods_-_2003.122_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Vishnu_in_Female_Form_of_Mohini_Carrying_Amrita_for_the_Gods_-_2003.122_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-440px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Vishnu_in_Female_Form_of_Mohini_Carrying_Amrita_for_the_Gods_-_2003.122_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="5452" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> as Mohini carrying the amrita in the <a href="/wiki/Kalighat_painting" title="Kalighat painting">Kalighat</a> style of painting, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Museum_of_Art" title="Cleveland Museum of Art">Cleveland Museum of Art</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest reference to a Mohini-type goddess appears in the <i><a href="/wiki/Samudra_manthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Samudra manthan">Samudra Manthana</a></i> episode of the 5th century BCE <a href="/wiki/Hindu_epic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu epic">Hindu epic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Amrita, or nectar of immortality, is produced by the churning of the <a href="/wiki/Ocean_of_Milk" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocean of Milk">Ocean of Milk</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Devas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Asuras" class="mw-redirect" title="Asuras">Asuras</a> fight over its possession.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asuras contrive to keep the Amrita for themselves, angering the Devas. Vishnu, wise to their plan, assumes the form of an "enchanting damsel". She uses her allure to trick the Asuras into giving her the Amrita, and then distributes it amongst the Devas. <a href="/wiki/Rahu" title="Rahu">Rahu</a>, an Asura, disguises himself as a god and tries to drink some Amrita himself. <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a> (the sun-god) and <a href="/wiki/Chandra" title="Chandra">Chandra</a> (the moon-god) quickly inform Vishnu, and he uses the <a href="/wiki/Sudarshana_Chakra" title="Sudarshana Chakra">Sudarshana Chakra</a> (the divine discus) to decapitate Rahu, leaving the head immortal.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other major Hindu epic, <i><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></i> (4th century BCE), narrates the Mohini story briefly in the <i><a href="/wiki/Balakanda" title="Balakanda">Bala Kanda</a></i> chapter.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This same tale is also recounted in the <i><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Purana" title="Vishnu Purana">Vishnu Purana</a></i> four centuries later.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the original text, Mohini is referred to as simply an enchanting, female form of Vishnu. In later versions, Mohini is described as the <i><a href="/wiki/Maya_(illusion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maya (illusion)">maya</a></i> (illusion) of Vishnu. Later still, the name of the avatar becomes Mohini from the original phrase describing his deliberate false appearance (<i>mayam ashito mohinim</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-G41_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G41-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once the Mohini legend became popular, it was retold, revised, and expanded in several texts. The tales of Mohini-Vishnu also increased among devotional circles in various regions.<sup id="cite_ref-G42_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G42-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-D263_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D263-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same expanded <i>Mahabharata</i> version of the story is also recounted in the <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a></i> in the 10th century CE.<sup id="cite_ref-jarow_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jarow-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pattanaik_2001,_p._65_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pattanaik_2001,_p._65-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here, Mohini becomes a formal avatar of Vishnu.<sup id="cite_ref-Myths_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Myths-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This legend is also retold in the <i><a href="/wiki/Padma_Purana" title="Padma Purana">Padma Purana</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Myths_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Myths-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Brahmanda_Purana" title="Brahmanda Purana">Brahmanda Purana</a></i>. In the <i>Brahmanda Purana</i>, however, Vishnu-Mohini simply, after meditation upon the Great Goddess <a href="/wiki/Mahadevi" title="Mahadevi">Maheshvari</a>, acquires her form to trick the thieving asuras.<sup id="cite_ref-D263_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D263-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Slayer_of_demons">Slayer of demons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Slayer of demons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohini_bhasmasura.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mohini_bhasmasura.jpg/170px-Mohini_bhasmasura.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mohini_bhasmasura.jpg/255px-Mohini_bhasmasura.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mohini_bhasmasura.jpg/340px-Mohini_bhasmasura.jpg 2x" data-file-width="555" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Bhasmasura-Mohini by <a href="/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma" title="Raja Ravi Varma">Raja Ravi Varma</a>. Bhasmasura (left) is about to place his hand on his head following the dancing Mohini (centre), as Shiva (right) looks from behind the tree.</figcaption></figure> <p>Mohini also has an active history in the destruction of demons throughout Hindu texts. In the <i><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Purana" title="Vishnu Purana">Vishnu Purana</a></i>, Mohini defeats <a href="/wiki/Bhasmasura" title="Bhasmasura">Bhasmasura</a>, the "ash-demon".<sup id="cite_ref-Shiva_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shiva-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhasmasura invokes the god Shiva by performing severe penances. Shiva, pleased with Bhasmasura, grants him the power to turn anyone into ashes by touching their head. The demon decides to try the power on Shiva himself. <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> prays to <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> for help and Vishnu transforms into Mohini and charms Bhasmasura. Bhasmasura is so taken by Mohini that he asks her to marry him. Mohini agrees, but only on the condition that Bhasmasura follows her move for move in a dance. In the course of the dance, she places her hand on her head. Bhasmasura mimics the action, and in turn, reduces himself to ashes.<sup id="cite_ref-Pattanaik_66_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pattanaik_66-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legend of Bhasmasura is retold in the Buddhist text <i>Satara Dewala Devi Puvata</i>, with a slight variation. In this tale, Vishnu assumes his female form (the name "Mohini" is not used) and charms Bhasmasura. The female Vishnu asks Bhasmasura to promise never to leave her by placing his hand on his head as per the usual practice to swear on one's head. On doing so, Bhasmasura is reduced to ashes.<sup id="cite_ref-holt_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-holt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a similar legend related to the birth of Ayyappa, the demon Surpanaka earns the power to turn anyone into ashes by his austerities. The tale mirrors all other aspects of the Buddhist version of the Bhasmasura tale, where he is forced by Mohini to severe fidelity by keeping his hand on his head and is burnt.<sup id="cite_ref-BLSmith5_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BLSmith5-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The prelude of the <i><a href="/wiki/Ramakien" title="Ramakien">Ramakien</a></i>, the Thai version of the <i>Ramayana</i>, the demon Nontok is charmed and killed by Mohini-Vishnu. Nontok misuses a divine weapon given to him by Shiva. The four-armed Mohini-Vishnu enchants Nontok and then attacks him. In his last moments, the demon accuses Vishnu of foul play saying that Vishnu first seduced him and then attacked him. Vishnu decrees that in his next birth, Nontok will be born as the ten-headed demon <a href="/wiki/Ravana" title="Ravana">Ravana</a> and Vishnu will be a mortal man called <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a>. He will then fight him and defeat him.<sup id="cite_ref-P67_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P67-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a lesser-known tale in the <i><a href="/wiki/Ganesha_Purana" title="Ganesha Purana">Ganesha Purana</a></i> (900–1400 CE) the wise asura king Virochana is rewarded a magical crown by the sun-god <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a>. The crown shields him against all harm. Vishnu as Mohini then enchants Virochana and steals his crown. The demon, thus unprotected, is killed by Vishnu.<sup id="cite_ref-Pattanaik_70-1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pattanaik_70-1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another South Indian legend about the demon Araka associates Mohini with <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> (an <a href="/wiki/Avatar" title="Avatar">avatar</a> of Vishnu) rather than the god himself. The demon Araka had become virtually invincible because he had never laid eyes on a woman (extreme chastity). Krishna takes the form of the beautiful Mohini and marries him. After three days of marriage, Araka's bonds of chastity are broken, and Krishna kills him in battle.<sup id="cite_ref-Pattanaik_83_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pattanaik_83-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Transgender <a href="/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)" title="Hijra (South Asia)">Hijras</a> consider Krishna-Mohini to be a transsexual deity.<sup id="cite_ref-D65_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D65-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationship_with_Shiva">Relationship with Shiva</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Relationship with Shiva"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mattancherry_palace_murals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Mattancherry_palace_murals.jpg/280px-Mattancherry_palace_murals.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Mattancherry_palace_murals.jpg/420px-Mattancherry_palace_murals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Mattancherry_palace_murals.jpg/560px-Mattancherry_palace_murals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1135" data-file-height="785" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Mattancherry_palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Mattancherry palace">Mattancherry palace</a> mural shows Shiva and Mohini in an embrace while Parvati seated on Nandi, the white bull, looks at them in distaste.<sup id="cite_ref-Pattanaik_73_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pattanaik_73-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Stories about Mohini and Shiva are popular in South Indian texts.<sup id="cite_ref-Goudriaan_pp._42–43_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goudriaan_pp._42–43-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the southern version of the <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a></i>, after Vishnu deceives the demons by his female form, Shiva sees Mohini.<sup id="cite_ref-Goudriaan_pp._42–43_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goudriaan_pp._42–43-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He becomes "bereft of shame and robbed by her of good sense," runs crazily behind the enchanting form, while his wife <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a> (Uma) looks on. Shiva is overcome by <a href="/wiki/K%C4%81ma" class="mw-redirect" title="Kāma">Kāma</a> (love and desire) in this version of mythology. Shiva's seed falls on the ground creating ores of silver and gold. Vishnu then states that emotions are difficult to overcome, and that Maya will become a half of Shiva's Ardhanarisvara aspect. Shiva then extols Vishnu's power.<sup id="cite_ref-jarow_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jarow-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goudriaan_pp._42–43_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goudriaan_pp._42–43-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Tripura_Rahasya" title="Tripura Rahasya">Tripurarahasya</a></i>, a south Indian <a href="/wiki/Shakta" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakta">Shakta</a> text, retells the story, giving more importance to the Goddess. When Shiva wishes to see Vishnu's Mohini form again, Vishnu fears that he may be burned to ashes like Kamadeva by the supreme ascetic Shiva. So, Vishnu prays to goddess <a href="/wiki/Tripura_Sundari" title="Tripura Sundari">Tripura</a>, who grants half of her beauty to Vishnu, begetting the Mohini-form. As Shiva touches Mohini, his seed spills, indicating a loss of the merit gained through of all his austerities.<sup id="cite_ref-G43_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G43-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Brahmanda_Purana" title="Brahmanda Purana">Brahmanda Purana</a></i> when the wandering sage <a href="/wiki/Narada" title="Narada">Narada</a> tells Shiva about Vishnu's Mohini form that deluded the demons, Shiva dismisses him. Shiva and his wife Parvati go to Vishnu's home. Shiva asks him to take on the Mohini form again so he can see the actual transformation for himself. Vishnu smiles, again meditates on the Goddess and transforms himself into Mohini. Overcome by desire, Shiva chases Mohini as Parvati hangs her head in shame and envy. Shiva grabs Mohini's hand and embraces her, but Mohini frees herself and runs further. Finally, Shiva grabs her and their coupling leads to the discharge of Shiva's seed which falls on the ground and the god <a href="/wiki/Shasta_(deity)" title="Shasta (deity)">Maha-Shasta</a> ("The Great Chastiser") is born. Mohini disappears, while Shiva returns home with Parvati.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vanita69_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanita69-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shasta is identified primarily with two regional deities: <a href="/wiki/Ayyappan" title="Ayyappan">Ayyappa</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> and the Tamil <a href="/wiki/Aiyanar" title="Aiyanar">Aiyanar</a>. He is also identified with the classical Hindu gods <a href="/wiki/Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Murugan">Skanda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-D64_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D64-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the later story of the origin of Ayyappa, Shiva impregnates Mohini, who gives birth to Ayyappa. They abandon Ayyappa, who is born to kill <a href="/wiki/Mahishi_(demoness)" title="Mahishi (demoness)">Mahishi</a>, and the child was found by a king who raised him. The legend highlights Vishnu's protests to be Mohini again and also notes that Ayyappa is born of Vishnu's thigh as Mohini does not have a real womb.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another variant says that instead of a biological origin, Ayyappa sprang from Shiva's semen, which he ejaculated upon embracing Mohini.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ayyappa is referred to as <i>Hariharaputra</i>, "the son of Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara)", and grows up to be a great hero.<sup id="cite_ref-Vanita94_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanita94-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another tale says after Surpanaka's destruction, Shiva wishes to see Mohini and mesmerized by her looks, has union with her resulting in the birth of Ayyapppa.<sup id="cite_ref-BLSmith5_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BLSmith5-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Narayani_Mohini.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Narayani_Mohini.jpg/220px-Narayani_Mohini.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="477" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Narayani_Mohini.jpg/330px-Narayani_Mohini.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Narayani_Mohini.jpg/440px-Narayani_Mohini.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="2387" /></a><figcaption><i>Narayani-Mohini</i> by <a href="/wiki/M._V._Dhurandhar" title="M. V. Dhurandhar">M. V. Dhurandhar</a>. The painting depicts Mohini as a goddess with iconographical attributes reminiscent of Vishnu.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Tamil text <i>Kanda Puranam</i> narrates about the birth of Shasta identified with <a href="/wiki/Aiyanar" title="Aiyanar">Aiyanar</a>. The text tells just before the tale that Vishnu is Shiva's <i><a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a></i> (wife and power) Parvati in a male form. The legend begins with Shiva's request and Vishnu's agreement to show his illusionary Mohini form, that he assumed for the distribution of amrita. Shiva falls in love with Mohini and proposes a union with her. Mohini-Vishnu declines saying that union of two men was unfruitful. Shiva informs Mohini-Vishnu that he was one of the forms of his Shakti ("female consort"). Thereafter, their union resulted in the birth of a dark boy with red locks, who was named Hariharaputra. Further, he was also known as Shasta and Aiyannar.<sup id="cite_ref-Daniélou_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daniélou-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kandha_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kandha-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Agni_Purana" title="Agni Purana">Agni Purana</a></i>, as the enchanted Shiva follows Mohini, drops of his semen fall on the ground and become <i><a href="/wiki/Linga" class="mw-redirect" title="Linga">lingas</a></i>, Shiva's symbols. His seed also generates the monkey-god <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a>, who helps Vishnu's avatar Rama in his fight against Ravana in the Ramayana.<sup id="cite_ref-Pattanaik_74_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pattanaik_74-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Shiva_Purana" title="Shiva Purana">Shiva Purana</a></i> says that by the mere glimpse of Mohini, Shiva spurts out his seed. The seed was collected and poured into the ear of <a href="/wiki/A%C3%B1jan%C4%81" title="Añjanā">Añjanā</a>, who gave birth to Hanuman, the incarnation of Shiva.<sup id="cite_ref-Daniélou_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daniélou-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter is retold in the Thai and Malaysian version of the Ramayana.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Hanuman springs from Shiva's seed, he is also considered as a combined son of Vishnu and Shiva.<sup id="cite_ref-Shiva_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shiva-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Buddhist version of the Bhasmasura tale continues with Shiva (Ishvara) asking the female-Vishnu, who is seated on a swing, to marry him. She asks Shiva to get the permission of his wife Umayangana to take her home. Shiva returns with Umayangana's consent to find the female-Vishnu pregnant, who sends him back to get permission to bring a pregnant woman home. When he returns, a child is born and female-Vishnu is pregnant again. She requests Shiva to seek approval to bring a pregnant woman with a child home. This happens six more times. Finally, Shiva brings Umayangana with him to witness the miraculous woman. Vishnu then returns to his male form. Umayangana embraces the six youngest children merging them into the six-headed Skanda, while the eldest, named Aiyanayaka ("eldest brother") remains intact.<sup id="cite_ref-holt_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-holt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aiyanayaka is identified with Aiyanar. </p><p>The rare instance where an "explicit, male homosexual act" is suggested is found in a Telugu text. In this version, when Shiva is copulating with Mohini, Mohini reverts to Vishnu. Shiva, unable to differentiate because of the naturally curvaceous form of Vishnu, who was also still unclad, continued copulating.<sup id="cite_ref-D652_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D652-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wood_carving_detail2_-_Vishnu_Mohini.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Wood_carving_detail2_-_Vishnu_Mohini.jpg/220px-Wood_carving_detail2_-_Vishnu_Mohini.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Wood_carving_detail2_-_Vishnu_Mohini.jpg/330px-Wood_carving_detail2_-_Vishnu_Mohini.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Wood_carving_detail2_-_Vishnu_Mohini.jpg/440px-Wood_carving_detail2_-_Vishnu_Mohini.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2440" data-file-height="3063" /></a><figcaption>Mohini seduces the sages. Mohini is depicted nude, adorned with garlands and ornaments, holding a lotus and a parrot, leaning on a stick. The sages pray to her, as their phalluses point to her.</figcaption></figure> <p>Mohini plays a lesser role in a Shaiva legend in the <i><a href="/wiki/Skanda_Purana" title="Skanda Purana">Skanda Purana</a></i>. Here, Vishnu as Mohini joins Shiva to teach a lesson to arrogant sages. A group of sages are performing rituals in a forest, and start to consider themselves as gods. To humble them, Shiva takes the form of an attractive young beggar (<a href="/wiki/Bhikshatana" title="Bhikshatana">Bhikshatana</a>) and Vishnu becomes Mohini, his wife. While the sages fall for Mohini, their women wildly chase Shiva. When they regain their senses, they perform a black magic sacrifice, which produces a serpent, a lion, an elephant (or tiger) and a dwarf, all of which are overpowered by Shiva. Shiva then dances on the dwarf and takes the form of <a href="/wiki/Nataraja" title="Nataraja">Nataraja</a>, the cosmic dancer.<sup id="cite_ref-P71_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P71-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legend is retold in the Tamil <i>Kovil Puranam</i> and <i>Kandha Puranam</i> with some variation.<sup id="cite_ref-G43_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G43-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Daniélou_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daniélou-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kandha_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kandha-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This legend is also told in the <i>Sthala Purana</i> related to the <a href="/wiki/Chidambaram_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Chidambaram Temple">Chidambaram Temple</a> dedicated to Shiva-Nataraja.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another legend from the <i><a href="/wiki/Linga_Purana" title="Linga Purana">Linga Purana</a></i> says that the embrace of enchanted Shiva with Mohini led to the merging of their bodies into one. In that moment, Mohini reverts to Vishnu resulting in the composite deity <a href="/wiki/Harihara" title="Harihara">Harihara</a>, whose right side of the body is Shiva and left side is Vishnu.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-swami_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swami-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The temple at Sankarnayinarkovil, near <a href="/wiki/Kalugumalai" title="Kalugumalai">Kalugumalai</a>, has one of the rarest exceptions to iconography of Harihara (Sankara-Narayana). The deity is depicted similar to the <a href="/wiki/Ardhanari" class="mw-redirect" title="Ardhanari">Ardhanari</a>, the composite form of Shiva-Parvati, where right side of the body is the male Shiva and left side is female. Here, the image's female side represents Mohini and, together, it symbolizes the union of Shiva with Mohini.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a Harihara image, the Shiva's half has an erect phallus (<i>urdhva linga</i>) and relates to Shiva's love to his left side Vishnu-Mohini.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The influence of Shakta traditions on Shaiva ones may have led to the development of Harihara, where Vishnu is identified as Shiva's consort, or Mohini.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As it is in <i>Kanda Puranam,</i> the Shaiva saint <a href="/wiki/Appar" title="Appar">Appar</a> identifies Vishnu as Parvati (Uma), the female counterpart of Shiva.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_legends">Other legends</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other legends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kuvagam_hijras.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Kuvagam_hijras.jpg/170px-Kuvagam_hijras.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Kuvagam_hijras.jpg/255px-Kuvagam_hijras.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Kuvagam_hijras.jpg/340px-Kuvagam_hijras.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Aravanis, the <a href="/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)" title="Hijra (South Asia)">transgender</a> brides of god <a href="/wiki/Iravan" title="Iravan">Aravan</a>, mourn his death. Aravanis don the role of Mohini-Krishna.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Brahma_Vaivarta_Purana" title="Brahma Vaivarta Purana">Brahma Vaivarta Purana</a></i>, Shiva creates an <i><a href="/wiki/Apsara" title="Apsara">apsara</a></i> (nymph) named Mohini (distinct from Vishnu's avatara), who falls in love with the creator-god <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>. While trying to seduce Brahma, she says, "A man who refuses to make love to a woman tortured by desire is a eunuch. Whether a man is ascetic or amorous, he must not spurn a woman who approaches him, or he will go to Hell. Come now and make love to me." In one breath, Brahma replies, "Go away, Mother". Later, he argues that he is like her father, and thus, too old for Mohini. Brahma then compares her with a young daughter visiting her father. An angered Mohini then reminds him of his carnal nature by mocking that Brahma had earlier desired his own daughter and leaves him.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After sleeping with the love god <a href="/wiki/Kamadeva" title="Kamadeva">Kama</a> to sate her arousal, Mohini regrets her actions and sobs. Meanwhile Vishnu explains to Brahma that the purpose of the event to break the latter's pride.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another South Indian folktale tells of the <i>Mahabharata</i> hero <a href="/wiki/Iravan" title="Iravan">Aravan</a> (who becomes the Tamil god Kuttantavar), who was married to Mohini, before his self-sacrifice. Aravan agrees to become the sacrificial victim for the <i>Kalappali</i> ("sacrifice to the battlefield") to ensure the victory of the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a>, his father, and his uncles. Before being sacrificed to goddess <a href="/wiki/Kali" title="Kali">Kali</a>, Aravan asks three boons from Krishna, the guide of the Pandavas. The third boon was that Aravan should be married before the sacrifice so that he could get the right of cremation and funerary offerings (bachelors were buried). This third boon, however, is found only in the folk cults. To fulfill this wish in the Kuttantavar cult myth, Krishna turns into Mohini, marries Aravan, and spends the night with him. Then after the sacrifice, Mohini laments Aravan's death, breaking her bangles, beating her breasts, and discarding her bridal finery. She then returns to the original form of Krishna.<sup id="cite_ref-Hiltebeitel322ff_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hiltebeitel322ff-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legend of the marriage of Aravan and Krishna in his female form as Mohini, and Mohini-Krishna's widowhood after Aravan's sacrifice, forms the central theme of an eighteen-day annual festival in the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_calendar" title="Tamil calendar">Tamil month</a> of Cittirai (April–May) at Koovagam. The marriage ceremony is re-enacted by <a href="/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)" title="Hijra (South Asia)">transgender Hijras</a>, who play the role of Mohini-Krishna.<sup id="cite_ref-Hiltebeitel325_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hiltebeitel325-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_interpretations">Cultural interpretations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cultural interpretations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohini_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Mohini_01.JPG/220px-Mohini_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="473" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Mohini_01.JPG/330px-Mohini_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Mohini_01.JPG/440px-Mohini_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2157" data-file-height="4642" /></a><figcaption>A sculpture of Mohini at The <a href="/wiki/National_Museum,_New_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum, New Delhi">National Museum, New Delhi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>According to mythologist Pattanaik, Mohini is just a disguise to delude the demon Bhasmasura, rather than a sexual transformation in this legend. Mohini is a disillusion, Vishnu's <i><a href="/wiki/Maya_(illusion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maya (illusion)">maya</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-P67_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P67-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stories in which Shiva knows of Mohini's true nature have been interpreted to "suggest the fluidity of gender in sexual attraction".<sup id="cite_ref-Vanita70_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanita70-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pattanaik writes while Westerners may interpret the Shiva-Mohini union as homosexual, traditional Hindus do not agree to this interpretation.<sup id="cite_ref-Pattanaik_16_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pattanaik_16-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also writes that those focusing only on homoeroticism miss the narrative's deeper metaphysical significance: Mohini's femininity represents the material aspect of reality, and Mohini's seduction is another attempt to induce the ascetic Shiva into taking an interest in worldly matters. Only Vishnu has the power to "enchant" Shiva; a demon who tried to enchant and hurt Shiva in form of a woman was killed in the attempt.<sup id="cite_ref-Pattanaik_73_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pattanaik_73-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another interpretation posits that the Mohini tale suggests that Vishnu's <i>maya</i> blinds even supernatural beings. Mohini is "the impersonation of the magically delusive nature of existence which fetters all beings to the rounds of births and deaths and vicissitudes of life."<sup id="cite_ref-G44_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G44-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mohini also does not have an independent existence; she exists only as a temporary delusion, and is absorbed back into Vishnu after serving her purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-D64_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D64-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The legend of the union of Mohini-Vishnu and Shiva may also be written as part of the desire to have a common child of the two cosmic patriarchs of Hinduism.<sup id="cite_ref-D273_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D273-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worship">Worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Mhalsa_MohiniRaj.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Shri_Mhalsa_MohiniRaj.JPG/220px-Shri_Mhalsa_MohiniRaj.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Shri_Mhalsa_MohiniRaj.JPG/330px-Shri_Mhalsa_MohiniRaj.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Shri_Mhalsa_MohiniRaj.JPG/440px-Shri_Mhalsa_MohiniRaj.JPG 2x" data-file-width="646" data-file-height="484" /></a><figcaption>Vishnu (left) as Mohini with his consort Lakshmi, Nevasa.</figcaption></figure> <p>On the fifth day of <a href="/wiki/Srivari_Brahmotsavam" title="Srivari Brahmotsavam">Brahmotsavam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venkateshwara" class="mw-redirect" title="Venkateshwara">Venkateshwara</a> is dressed as Mohini and paraded in a grand procession.<sup id="cite_ref-Pattanaik65_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pattanaik65-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>, Mohini is worshipped as <a href="/wiki/Mahalasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahalasa">Mahalasa</a> or Mahalasa Narayani. She is the <a href="/wiki/Kuladevata" title="Kuladevata">kuladevi</a> (family goddess) of many Hindus from western and southern India, including <a href="/wiki/Goud_Saraswat_Brahmins" class="mw-redirect" title="Goud Saraswat Brahmins">Goud Saraswat Brahmins</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Karhade_Brahmin" title="Karhade Brahmin">Karhade Brahmins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daivajna" class="mw-redirect" title="Daivajna">Daivajnas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bhandari" title="Bhandari">Bhandaris</a>. The chief <a href="/wiki/Mahalasa_Narayani_Temple,_Mardol" title="Mahalasa Narayani Temple, Mardol">temple of Mahalasa Narayani</a> is at <a href="/wiki/Mardol,_Goa" title="Mardol, Goa">Mardol, Goa</a>, though her temples also exist in the states of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mahalasa has four hands, carrying a <a href="/wiki/Trishula" title="Trishula">Trishula</a>, a sword, a severed head, and a drinking bowl. She stands on a prostrate man or demon, as a tiger or lion licks blood dripping from the severed head. Goud Saraswat Brahmins as well as <a href="/wiki/Vaishnava" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaishnava">Vaishnavas</a> from Goa and <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a> identify her with Mohini and call her <a href="/wiki/Bhagavati" title="Bhagavati">Narayani</a> and Rahu-matthani, the slayer of Rahu, as told in the <i><a href="/wiki/Bhavishya_Purana" title="Bhavishya Purana">Bhavishya Purana</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mahalasa is also called Mhalsa, the consort of <a href="/wiki/Khandoba" title="Khandoba">Khandoba</a>, a local incarnation of Shiva. As the consort of Khandoba, her chief temple - the Mohiniraj temple - is located at <a href="/wiki/Nevasa" title="Nevasa">Nevasa</a>, where she is worshiped as a four-armed goddess and identified with Mohini. Mhalsa is often depicted with two arms and accompanying Khandoba on his horse or standing besides him.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The central icon of the Jaganmohini-Kesava Swany temple at <a href="/wiki/Ryali" title="Ryali">Ryali</a>, discovered buried underground by the king in the 11th century, represents the male Vishnu in the front, while the back of the icon is the female Jagan-Mohini ("one who deludes the world") or Mohini, with a female hairstyle and figure. A <i><a href="/wiki/Sthala_Purana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sthala Purana">Sthala Purana</a></i> tells that the flower in Mohini's hair fell at Ryali ("fall" in Telugu) when Mohini was being chased by Shiva.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ariyannur in Kerala's <a href="/wiki/Thrissur_district" title="Thrissur district">Thrissur</a> district is the site of the ancient Harikanyaka Temple. Here, Mohini is present as 'Hari Kanyaka', that is, the virgin form of the goddess. Religious iconography shows a <a href="/wiki/Chaturbhuja" title="Chaturbhuja">four-armed</a> deity, holding the conch and discus in the upper arms, the pot of nectar (<a href="/wiki/Amrita" title="Amrita">amrita</a>) in her lower right hand, with the lower left arm placed on her waist. This temples is regarded to have been built by <a href="/wiki/Perumthachan" title="Perumthachan">Perumthachan</a>, Kerala's legendary architect, and had authority over thirty two of the surrounding temples. Famed for its intricate sculptures, murals, and craftsmanship, it is currently a protected monument under the <a href="/wiki/Archeological_Survey_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Archeological Survey of India">Archeological Survey of India</a>. </p><p>Chemmanadu Sri Krishna Garuda Mahavishnu Temple, situated in <a href="/wiki/Thiruvaniyoor" title="Thiruvaniyoor">Tiruvaniyoor</a> in Kerala's <a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_district" title="Ernakulam district">Ernakulam</a> district is another temple in the state where Mohini is worshiped. Lord Vishnu is present in his Mohini <i>swaroopam</i> in this temple, and it is also blessed with the presence of Lord <a href="/wiki/Ayyappan" title="Ayyappan">Ayappa</a>, the son of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu in his Mohini avatar. In addition, Lord <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>, Devi <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a>, Lord <a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Karthikeya</a>, and Lord <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a> are also consecrated in the temple. Thus with Shiva, Parvati, Mohini, and their children in a single location, this temple is blessed with the divine presence of Lord Shiva's family. In addition, it is also one of the rare temples where <a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a> is worshiped as a deity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Customs_and_ceremonies">Customs and ceremonies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Customs and ceremonies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yakshagana_Bhasmasura-Mohini.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Yakshagana_Bhasmasura-Mohini.jpg/170px-Yakshagana_Bhasmasura-Mohini.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Yakshagana_Bhasmasura-Mohini.jpg/255px-Yakshagana_Bhasmasura-Mohini.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Yakshagana_Bhasmasura-Mohini.jpg/340px-Yakshagana_Bhasmasura-Mohini.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="742" /></a><figcaption>Bhasmasura and Mohini as depicted in <a href="/wiki/Yakshagana" title="Yakshagana">Yakshagana</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Mohini has an important, dramatic role in several mythical works of South Indian drama like <i><a href="/wiki/Yakshagana" title="Yakshagana">Yakshagana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kathakali" title="Kathakali">Kathakali</a></i>. In Kerala, however, where Mohini's son <a href="/wiki/Ayyappan" title="Ayyappan">Ayyappa</a> is popular, the <i><a href="/wiki/Mohiniattam" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohiniattam">Mohiniattam</a></i> ("the dance of Mohini") is honored as an independent dance form.<sup id="cite_ref-dance_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dance-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Named after the goddess, it is a dance meant exclusively for women and "an ideal example of the erotic form." The origins of Mohiniattam form are unknown, though it was popularized in the 1850s, but later banned as it was used by "loose women" to attract customers. The ban was lifted in 1950, after which it has seen a renewal.<sup id="cite_ref-mohiniattam_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mohiniattam-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dance_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dance-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The legends of Mohini are also being depicted in other dances, including the modern <i><a href="/wiki/Kathak" title="Kathak">Kathak</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mohiniattam_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mohiniattam-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonal_Nati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sonal Nati (page does not exist)">Sonal Nati</a></i>, performed in the Saho area of <a href="/wiki/Chamba_district" title="Chamba district">Chamba district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>, retells the Mohini-Bhasmasura tale, and hence is known as the Mohini-Bhasmasura dance. It is performed on festive occasions, especially in the Saho fair held in <a href="/wiki/Vaishakha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaishakha">Baisakh</a> in the precincts of the Chandershekhar temple.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohini&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), p. 70</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Monier_Monier-Williams" title="Monier Monier-Williams">Monier Williams</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/monier/serveimg.pl?file=/scans/MWScan/MWScanjpg/mw0836-morAkabhavana.jpg">Sanskrit-English Dictionary</a>. (1899).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-G44-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-G44_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-G44_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Goudriaan p. 44</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mohiniattam-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mohiniattam_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mohiniattam_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mohiniattam_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFReginald_Massey2004" class="citation book cs1">Reginald Massey (1 January 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Lif-Ct05aVgC&q=mohini+Vishnu&pg=PA132"><i>India's dances: their history, technique, and repertoire</i></a>. Abhinav Publications. pp. 131–2, 152. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7017-434-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7017-434-9"><bdi>978-81-7017-434-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=India%27s+dances%3A+their+history%2C+technique%2C+and+repertoire&rft.pages=131-2%2C+152&rft.pub=Abhinav+Publications&rft.date=2004-01-01&rft.isbn=978-81-7017-434-9&rft.au=Reginald+Massey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLif-Ct05aVgC%26q%3Dmohini%2BVishnu%26pg%3DPA132&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Goudriaan, p. 44, <i>Adi Parva</i> (chapter 17, stanzas 38–40)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01019.htm"><i>Mahabharata</i>, Adi Parva, Astika Parva, Section 18.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01020.htm"><i>Mahabharata</i>, Adi Parva, Section 19.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPandikattuVonach2003" class="citation book cs1">Pandikattu, Kuruvila; Vonach, Andreas (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cyLYAAAAMAAJ&q=Mohini+tricks+demons"><i>Religion, Society, and Economics: Eastern and Western Perspectives in Dialogue</i></a>. P. Lang. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-631-39955-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-631-39955-2"><bdi>978-3-631-39955-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Religion%2C+Society%2C+and+Economics%3A+Eastern+and+Western+Perspectives+in+Dialogue&rft.pub=P.+Lang&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-3-631-39955-2&rft.aulast=Pandikattu&rft.aufirst=Kuruvila&rft.au=Vonach%2C+Andreas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcyLYAAAAMAAJ%26q%3DMohini%2Btricks%2Bdemons&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPattanaik2014" class="citation book cs1">Pattanaik, Devdutt (11 July 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8wKK7KNnMzAC&dq=Mohini+amrita+devas&pg=PT141"><i>Myth = Mithya: Decoding Hindu Mythology</i></a>. Penguin UK. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-8475-021-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-8475-021-8"><bdi>978-81-8475-021-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Myth+%3D+Mithya%3A+Decoding+Hindu+Mythology&rft.pub=Penguin+UK&rft.date=2014-07-11&rft.isbn=978-81-8475-021-8&rft.aulast=Pattanaik&rft.aufirst=Devdutt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8wKK7KNnMzAC%26dq%3DMohini%2Bamrita%2Bdevas%26pg%3DPT141&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobert_P._Goldman2007" class="citation book cs1">Robert P. Goldman (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kD84WlAtggkC&q=mohini+ramayana&pg=PA366"><i>The Ramayana of Valmiki Balakanda 'An Epic of Ancient India</i></a>. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 366. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-3162-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-3162-9"><bdi>978-81-208-3162-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Ramayana+of+Valmiki+Balakanda+%27An+Epic+of+Ancient+India&rft.pages=366&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass+Publishers&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-81-208-3162-9&rft.au=Robert+P.+Goldman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkD84WlAtggkC%26q%3Dmohini%2Bramayana%26pg%3DPA366&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp044.htm#page_77"><i>Vishnu Purana</i>, Book 1, Chap. 9.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-G41-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-G41_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Goudriaan p. 41</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-G42-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-G42_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Goudriaan p. 42</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D263-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-D263_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D263_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Doniger (1999) p. 263</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jarow-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jarow_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jarow_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJarow2003" class="citation book cs1">Jarow, Rick (March 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8URUz0jhH3gC&q=mohini+visnu&pg=PA78"><i>Tales for the dying: the death narrative of the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa</i></a>. SUNY Press. pp. 78–80. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7914-5609-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7914-5609-5"><bdi>978-0-7914-5609-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tales+for+the+dying%3A+the+death+narrative+of+the+Bh%C4%81gavata-Pur%C4%81%E1%B9%87a&rft.pages=78-80&rft.pub=SUNY+Press&rft.date=2003-03&rft.isbn=978-0-7914-5609-5&rft.aulast=Jarow&rft.aufirst=Rick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8URUz0jhH3gC%26q%3Dmohini%2Bvisnu%26pg%3DPA78&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pattanaik_2001,_p._65-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pattanaik_2001,_p._65_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), p. 65</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bhagavata.org/canto8/chapter9.html">Anand Aadhar translation of <i>Bhagavata Purana</i>, Canto 8, chapter 9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Myths-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Myths_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Myths_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDaniélou1991" class="citation book cs1">Daniélou, Alain (1 December 1991). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mythsgodsofindia00dani"><i>The myths and gods of India</i></a></span>. Inner Traditions / Bear & Company. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mythsgodsofindia00dani/page/165">165</a>, 186–87. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89281-354-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89281-354-4"><bdi>978-0-89281-354-4</bdi></a>. <q>mohini .</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+myths+and+gods+of+India&rft.pages=165%2C+186-87&rft.pub=Inner+Traditions+%2F+Bear+%26+Company&rft.date=1991-12-01&rft.isbn=978-0-89281-354-4&rft.aulast=Dani%C3%A9lou&rft.aufirst=Alain&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmythsgodsofindia00dani&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shiva-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Shiva_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shiva_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPattanaik2006" class="citation book cs1">Pattanaik, Devdutt (1 January 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Oka4ekgGDRoC&q=mohini+Vishnu&pg=PT31"><i>Shiva to Shankara: decoding the phallic symbol</i></a>. Indus Source. pp. 125, 129. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-88569-04-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-88569-04-5"><bdi>978-81-88569-04-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Shiva+to+Shankara%3A+decoding+the+phallic+symbol&rft.pages=125%2C+129&rft.pub=Indus+Source&rft.date=2006-01-01&rft.isbn=978-81-88569-04-5&rft.aulast=Pattanaik&rft.aufirst=Devdutt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOka4ekgGDRoC%26q%3Dmohini%2BVishnu%26pg%3DPT31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pattanaik_66-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pattanaik_66_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), pp. 66–67</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-holt-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-holt_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-holt_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Clifford_Holt2008" class="citation book cs1">John Clifford Holt (1 January 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RvuDlhpvvHwC&q=mohini+visnu&pg=PA150"><i>The Buddhist Visnu : 'Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture</i></a>. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. pp. 146–48. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-3269-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-3269-5"><bdi>978-81-208-3269-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Buddhist+Visnu+%3A+%27Religious+Transformation%2C+Politics%2C+and+Culture&rft.pages=146-48&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass+Publishers&rft.date=2008-01-01&rft.isbn=978-81-208-3269-5&rft.au=John+Clifford+Holt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DRvuDlhpvvHwC%26q%3Dmohini%2Bvisnu%26pg%3DPA150&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BLSmith5-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BLSmith5_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BLSmith5_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith, B.L., p. 5, <i>Religion and Legitimation of Power in South Asia</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_LqB_NDF-l4C&q=Mohini">[1]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-P67-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-P67_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-P67_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), p. 67</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pattanaik_70-1-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pattanaik_70-1_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), pp. 70–71</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pattanaik_83-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pattanaik_83_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), p. 83</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D65-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D65_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Doniger (1999) p. 265</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pattanaik_73-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pattanaik_73_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pattanaik_73_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), p. 73</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Goudriaan_pp._42–43-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Goudriaan_pp._42–43_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Goudriaan_pp._42–43_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Goudriaan_pp._42–43_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Goudriaan pp. 42–43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-G43-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-G43_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-G43_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Goudriaan p. 43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Doniger (1999) pp. 263–65</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Vanita69-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Vanita69_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vanita & Kidwai (2001), p. 69</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D64-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-D64_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D64_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Doniger (1999) p. 264</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCaroline_Osella,_Filippo_Osella2006" class="citation book cs1">Caroline Osella, Filippo Osella (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=y53COylUxsgC&q=mohini+Vishnu&pg=PA145"><i>Men and masculinities in south India</i></a>. Anthem Press. pp. 145–6. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781843313991" title="Special:BookSources/9781843313991"><bdi>9781843313991</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Men+and+masculinities+in+south+India&rft.pages=145-6&rft.pub=Anthem+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=9781843313991&rft.au=Caroline+Osella%2C+Filippo+Osella&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dy53COylUxsgC%26q%3Dmohini%2BVishnu%26pg%3DPA145&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), p. 76</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Vanita94-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Vanita94_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vanita & Kidwai (2001), p. 94</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Daniélou-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Daniélou_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Daniélou_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Daniélou_36-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDaniélou1992" class="citation book cs1">Daniélou, Alain (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QDQK7l13WIIC&q=mohini+Vishnu&pg=PA68"><i>Gods of love and ecstasy: the traditions of Shiva and Dionysus</i></a>. Inner Traditions / Bear & Company. pp. 68–70. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89281-374-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89281-374-2"><bdi>978-0-89281-374-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gods+of+love+and+ecstasy%3A+the+traditions+of+Shiva+and+Dionysus&rft.pages=68-70&rft.pub=Inner+Traditions+%2F+Bear+%26+Company&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-89281-374-2&rft.aulast=Dani%C3%A9lou&rft.aufirst=Alain&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQDQK7l13WIIC%26q%3Dmohini%2BVishnu%26pg%3DPA68&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span> (originally published in French in 1979 and first translated into English in 1984)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-kandha-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-kandha_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-kandha_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDr.akila_sivaraman2006" class="citation book cs1">Dr.akila sivaraman (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SXwDdBdMJPwC&q=kandha+puranam"><i>sri kandha puranam (english)</i></a>. GIRI Trading Agency Private. pp. 170–2, 366–7. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7950-397-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7950-397-3"><bdi>978-81-7950-397-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=sri+kandha+puranam+%28english%29&rft.pages=170-2%2C+366-7&rft.pub=GIRI+Trading+Agency+Private&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-81-7950-397-3&rft.au=Dr.akila+sivaraman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSXwDdBdMJPwC%26q%3Dkandha%2Bpuranam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pattanaik_74-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pattanaik_74_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), p. 74</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKodaganallur_Ramaswami_Srinivasa_Iyengar2005" class="citation book cs1">Kodaganallur Ramaswami Srinivasa Iyengar (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CU92nFk5fU4C&q=mohini+ramayana&pg=PA268"><i>Asian variations in Ramayana</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi">Sahitya Akademi</a>. p. 268. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788126018093" title="Special:BookSources/9788126018093"><bdi>9788126018093</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Asian+variations+in+Ramayana&rft.pages=268&rft.pub=Sahitya+Akademi&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=9788126018093&rft.au=Kodaganallur+Ramaswami+Srinivasa+Iyengar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCU92nFk5fU4C%26q%3Dmohini%2Bramayana%26pg%3DPA268&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D652-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D652_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Doniger (1999) p. 265</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-P71-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-P71_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pattanaik (2001), p. 71</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Swami Parmeshwaranand pp. 150–51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPatricia_Turner,_Charles_Russell_Coulter2001" class="citation book cs1">Patricia Turner, Charles Russell Coulter (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jEcpkWjYOZQC&q=nepal+mohini&pg=PA204"><i>Dictionary of ancient deities</i></a>. Oxford University Press US. pp. 204, 327, 498. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-514504-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-514504-5"><bdi>978-0-19-514504-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+ancient+deities&rft.pages=204%2C+327%2C+498&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press+US.&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-19-514504-5&rft.au=Patricia+Turner%2C+Charles+Russell+Coulter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjEcpkWjYOZQC%26q%3Dnepal%2Bmohini%26pg%3DPA204&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-swami-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-swami_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Swami P. Anand, Swami Parmeshwaranand p. 287</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMonika_Böck,_Aparna_Rao2000" class="citation book cs1">Monika Böck, Aparna Rao (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xSImJbqr4yMC&q=mohini+visnu&pg=PA332"><i>Culture, creation, and procreation: concepts of kinship in South Asian practice</i></a>. Berghahn Books. pp. 331–32. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-912-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-912-3"><bdi>978-1-57181-912-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Culture%2C+creation%2C+and+procreation%3A+concepts+of+kinship+in+South+Asian+practice&rft.pages=331-32&rft.pub=Berghahn+Books.&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-57181-912-3&rft.au=Monika+B%C3%B6ck%2C+Aparna+Rao&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxSImJbqr4yMC%26q%3Dmohini%2Bvisnu%26pg%3DPA332&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Swami Parmeshwaranand pp. 289-90</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Swami Parmeshwaranand p. 295</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Swami Parmeshwaranand p. 46</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDoniger_O'Flaherty1982" class="citation book cs1">Doniger O'Flaherty, Wendy (15 November 1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DTwvtkqYrNgC&q=mohini+Vishnu&pg=PA321"><i>Women, androgynes, and other mythical beasts</i></a>. University of Chicago Press. pp. 278–9. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780226618500" title="Special:BookSources/9780226618500"><bdi>9780226618500</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Women%2C+androgynes%2C+and+other+mythical+beasts&rft.pages=278-9&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=1982-11-15&rft.isbn=9780226618500&rft.aulast=Doniger+O%27Flaherty&rft.aufirst=Wendy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDTwvtkqYrNgC%26q%3Dmohini%2BVishnu%26pg%3DPA321&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSantideva2000" class="citation book cs1">Santideva, Sadhu (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TUFZ9XzzHAcC&dq=Brahma+Mohini&pg=PA18"><i>Ascetic Mysticism: Puranic Records of Siva and Shakti</i></a>. 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Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56023-181-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-56023-181-3"><bdi>978-1-56023-181-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+man+who+was+a+woman+and+other+queer+tales+of+Hindu+lore&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-1-56023-181-3&rft.aulast=Pattanaik&rft.aufirst=Devdutt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOdsk9xfOp6oC%26q%3Dmohini%26pg%3DPA71&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVanitaKidwai,_Saleem2001" class="citation book cs1">Vanita, Ruth; Kidwai, Saleem (2001). <i>Same-sex love in India: readings from literature and history</i>. 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Motilal Banarsidass Publ. pp. 41–49. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-2389-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-2389-1"><bdi>978-81-208-2389-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+M%C4%81y%C4%81+of+the+Gods%3A+Mohini&rft.btitle=M%C4%81y%C4%81+divine+and+human&rft.pages=41-49&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass+Publ&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=978-81-208-2389-1&rft.aulast=Goudriaan&rft.aufirst=Teun&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D15-heLWM3UcC%26q%3Dmohini%26pg%3DPA41&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDoniger1999" class="citation book cs1">Doniger, Wendy (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ8qfQbEJB4C&q=mohini+Vishnu&pg=PA263"><i>Splitting the difference: gender and myth in ancient Greece and India</i></a>. London: University of Chicago Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-15641-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-226-15641-5"><bdi>978-0-226-15641-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Splitting+the+difference%3A+gender+and+myth+in+ancient+Greece+and+India&rft.place=London&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-0-226-15641-5&rft.aulast=Doniger&rft.aufirst=Wendy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJZ8qfQbEJB4C%26q%3Dmohini%2BVishnu%26pg%3DPA263&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHiltebeitel1988" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Alf_Hiltebeitel" title="Alf Hiltebeitel">Hiltebeitel, Alf</a> (1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ui5gju8MwDUC&pg=PA317">"Aravan's Sacrifice"</a>. <i>The Cult of Draupadi : Mythologies: from Gingee to Kuruksetra</i>. 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University of Chicago Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-34046-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-226-34046-3"><bdi>978-0-226-34046-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Aravan%27s+Sacrifice&rft.btitle=The+Cult+of+Draupadi+%3A+Mythologies%3A+from+Gingee+to+Kuruksetra&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-226-34046-3&rft.aulast=Hiltebeitel&rft.aufirst=Alf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dui5gju8MwDUC%26pg%3DPA317&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMohini" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwami_Parmeshwaranand2004" class="citation book cs1">Swami Parmeshwaranand (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HQvbJDacNDMC&q=mohini+visnu&pg=PA150"><i>Encyclopaedia of the Saivism</i></a>. 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