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Cittarāja

Person

A yakkha before whose presumed statue ancient kings, arrayed in splendour at the Kattika Festival, would stand by the lakeshore and shoot arrows to the four quarters.

A yakkha. It was the custom for ancient kings at the time of the Kattika Festival to deck themselves in great array and, standing on the bank of a lake “in the presence of Cittarāja,” (meaning, probably, in front of his statue) to shoot arrows to the four quarters. J.ii.372.

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