The two divinities that they are shaking are very often and very piously worshipped under the figure of the lingam (the phallus of the ancients) during their mysterious couplings, and the yoni is also called Bhaga (pudendum muliebre), gentle Madheri and Argha, a vase shaped like a boat in which flowers are offered to the goddess, such are the names of the Adhera-Shakti (whose powers of conceiving are brought to life by the lingam). When this goddess is represented by the symbol that I shall show you, she is called Devi (divine) which is shared by Bhavani, Prakriti, etc. If we follow the Hindu theologians a lively exchange took place between Parvati (Born in the Mountains) and Mahadeva (the Great God), shortly after their marriage, about the importance of sex in procreation and whether it is possible to create a new race of people. But while Mahadeva's children were numerous and patriarchal, they lacked intelligence and strength, and shone but dully, whereas those of Parvati shone with beauty, good deeds, and an excellent disposition. However, the fanatics of Lingadja, or children of Mahadeva, slaughtered them with their bare hands and conquered them. Mahadeva, in his fury, went straight away to annihilate the Yonidja conquerors which Parvati was unable to prevent. Flowers were offered to the lingam by the Brahmans who, as was their custom, carefully lit seven candles which, according to Mathurin, the bladder of the staff, resembled the seven-branched candlesticks of the Jews that one can see on Titus' arch in Rome. Women carried lingas on their necks and arms, and when they wanted to conceive they worshipped this idol and put more confidence in them than the priests do in their vows of chastity.