In A similar legend associated with the beginning of Ayyappa, the demon Surpanaka earns the facility to turn any individual into ashes by his austerities. Mohinī (मोहिनी, “interesting female”):—Name of one of the sixty-four mātṛs to be worshipped in the course of Āvaraṇapūjā (“Worship from the Circuit of Goddesses”, or https://www.youtube.com/@Mahavidyabaglamukhi