Durga, the Glossary
Durga (दुर्गा) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi.[1]
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- Destroyer goddesses
- Durga Puja
- Forms of Lakshmi
- Justice goddesses
- Mythological swordfighters
Abhira people
The Abhiras were a legendary people mentioned in ancient Indian epics and scriptures as early as the Vedas.
Adi Shankara
Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (lit), was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher (acharya) of Advaita Vedanta.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.
Alain Daniélou
Alain Daniélou (4 October 1907 – 27 January 1994) was a French historian, Indologist, intellectual, musicologist, translator, writer, and notable Western convert to and expert on the Shaivite branch of Hinduism.
Aranyaka
The Aranyakas (आरण्यक; IAST) are a part of the ancient Indian Vedas concerned with the meaning of ritual sacrifice.
Arjuna
Arjuna was an ancient prince of the Kuru Kingdom, located in the present-day India.
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Asko Parpola
Asko Parpola (born 12 July 1941, in Forssa) is a Finnish Indologist, current professor emeritus of South Asian studies at the University of Helsinki.
Assam
Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.
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Asura
Asuras are a class of beings in Indian religions.
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Atharvaveda
The Atharvaveda or Atharva Veda (अथर्ववेद,, from अथर्वन्, and वेद, "knowledge") or Atharvana Veda (अथर्वणवेद) is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life".
Ātman (Hinduism)
Ātman (आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word for the true or eternal Self or the self-existent essence or impersonal witness-consciousness within each individual.
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Balarama
Balarama (बलराम) is a Hindu god, and the elder brother of Krishna.
Bali
Bali (English:; ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
Bathukamma
Bathukamma is a Hindu flower-festival celebrated by the women of Telangana and some parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Bengal
Geographical distribution of the Bengali language Bengal (Bôṅgo) or endonym Bangla (Bāṅlā) is a historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.
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Bharat Mata
Bharat Mata (Mother India in English) is a national personification of India (Bharat) as a mother goddess. Durga and Bharat Mata are Hindu goddesses and mother goddesses.
Bhutan
Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia situated in the Eastern Himalayas between China in the north and India in the south.
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Bihar
Bihar is a state in Eastern India.
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Brahma
Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.
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Brahmacharini
Brahmacharini (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मचारिणी) means a devoted female student who lives in an Ashrama with her Guru along with other students. Durga and Brahmacharini are Hindu goddesses.
Brahman
In Hinduism, Brahman (ब्रह्मन्; IAST: Brahman) connotes the highest universal principle, the Ultimate Reality of the universe.
British Raj
The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.
Buddhism in Japan
Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century CE.
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Buddhism in Nepal
Buddhism in Nepal started spreading since the reign of Ashoka through Indian and Tibetan missionaries.
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Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Chandraghanta
In Hinduism, Chandraghanta is the third navadurga aspect of goddess Mahadevi, worshipped on the third day of Navaratri (the nine divine nights of Navadurga). Durga and Chandraghanta are Destroyer goddesses, forms of Parvati, Hindu goddesses, Shaktism and war goddesses.
Cundi (Buddhism)
(Sanskrit,;; pinyin: Zhǔntí; Japanese: Juntei) or (Ch: 羅馬化) is a female Indian Buddhist deity which remains popular in East Asian Buddhism.
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Dasam Granth
The Dasam Granth (Gurmukhi: ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ dasama gratha) is a collection of various poetic compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.
Dashain
Dashain or Bada'dashain, also referred as Vijaya Dashami in Sanskrit, is a major Hindu religious festival in Nepal and the Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, South India, and Sri Lanka.
Deva (Hinduism)
Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.
Devaki
Devaki (Sanskrit: देवकी, IAST: Devakī) is a character in Hindu literature, most noted for being the mother of the god Krishna.
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Devi
Devī (Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is ''deva''. Durga and Devi are Hindu goddesses and mother goddesses.
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Devi Bhagavata Purana
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (देवी भागवतपुराणम्), also known as the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam or simply Devi Bhagavatam, is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas of Hinduism. Durga and Devi Bhagavata Purana are Shaktism.
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Devi Mahatmya
The Devi Mahatmya or Devi Mahatmyam (Goddess) is a Hindu philosophical text describing the Goddess, known as Mahadevi or Adishakti, as the supreme power and creator of the universe. Durga and Devi Mahatmya are Durga Puja and Shaktism.
Devi Upanishad
The Devi Upanishad (Sanskrit:देवी उपनिषत्), is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism and a text composed in Sanskrit. Durga and Devi Upanishad are Shaktism.
Dharma
Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.
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Diwali
Diwali (Deepavali, IAST: Dīpāvalī) is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions.
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Durga Ashtami
Durga Ashtami or Maha Ashtami is the eighth day of the Navaratri festival celebrated by Hindus in veneration of the goddess Durga. Durga and Durga Ashtami are Durga Puja.
Durga Puja
Durga Puja (ISO), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsav, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga, and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasura. Durga and Durga Puja are Shaktism.
East Java
East Java (Jawa Timur, Jawi Wetan, Jhâbâ Tèmor) is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost third of Java island.
Ellora Caves
The Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India (now renamed to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district).
Friday
Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.
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Gada (mace)
The gada (Sanskrit: गदा gadā, Kannada: ಗದೆ, Telugu: గద, Tamil: கதை, Malay: gedak, Old Tagalog: batuta) is a mallet or blunt mace from the Indian subcontinent.
Ganesha
Ganesha (गणेश), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect.
Garuda Purana
The Garuda Purana is one of 18 Mahāpurāṇa texts in Hinduism.
Gopa (caste)
Gopa or Gop or Gope is a synonym of the Yadav (Ahir) caste.
Guṇa
(गुण) is a concept in Hinduism, which can be translated as "quality, peculiarity, attribute, property".
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Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh (born Gobind Das; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru.
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Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya.
Himavat
Himavat (Sanskrit: हिमवत्, lit. frosty) is the personification of the Himalayan mountains in Hinduism.
Hindu tantric literature
Tantras in Hinduism are esoteric scriptures.
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Hindu temple
A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Koil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hindustani language
Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in North India, Pakistan and the Deccan and used as the official language of India and Pakistan. Hindustani is a pluricentric language with two standard registers, known as Hindi (written in Devanagari script and influenced by Sanskrit) and Urdu (written in Perso-Arabic script and influenced by Persian and Arabic).
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Indian independence movement
The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule.
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Indian nationalism
Indian nationalism is an instance of territorial nationalism, which is inclusive of all of the people of India, despite their diverse ethnic, linguistic and religious backgrounds.
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Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Indus Valley Civilisation
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.
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Jagdamba
Jagadamba is an epithet used to address a Hindu goddess, primarily applied to Lakshmi and Parvati in literature. Durga and Jagdamba are Hindu goddesses and Shaktism.
Jai Santoshi Maa
Jai Santoshi Maa is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language devotional film directed by Vijay Sharma and written R. Priyadarshi.
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Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India.
Kalaratri
Kalaratri is the seventh of the nine Navadurga forms of the goddess Mahadevi. Durga and Kalaratri are Durga Puja, Hindu goddesses and war goddesses.
Kali
Kali (काली), also called Kalika, is a major Hindu goddess associated with time, change, creation, power, destruction and death in Shaktism. Durga and Kali are Destroyer goddesses, forms of Parvati, Hindu goddesses, Justice goddesses, mother goddesses and war goddesses.
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Kali Puja
Kali Puja (ISO), also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali. Durga and Kali Puja are Shaktism.
Kalibangan
Kalibangān is a town located at on the left or southern banks of the Ghaggar (Ghaggar-Hakra River) in Tehsil Pilibangān, between Suratgarh and Hanumangarh in Hanumangarh District, Rajasthan, India 205 km.
Kalika Purana
The Kalika Purana (कालिकापुराणम्, Kālikā Purāṇa), also called the Kali Purana, Sati Purana or Kalika Tantra, is one of the eighteen minor Puranas (Upapurana) in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism. Durga and Kalika Purana are Shaktism.
Kamsa
Kamsa (कंस) was the tyrant ruler of the Vrishni kingdom, with its capital at Mathura.
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Kartikeya
Kartikeya, also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, is the Hindu god of war.
Katyayani
Katyayani (कात्यायनी) is an aspect of Mahadevi and the slayer of the tyrannical demon Mahishasura. Durga and Katyayani are Hindu goddesses and war goddesses.
Khanda (sword)
The khanda (खड्ग) is a double-edge straight sword originating from the Indian subcontinent.
Kolkata
Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.
Korravai
Korravai, is the goddess of war and victory in the Tamil tradition. Durga and Korravai are Hindu goddesses and war goddesses.
Krishna
Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism.
Kushmanda
Kushmanda is a Hindu goddess, credited with creating the world with her divine smile. Durga and Kushmanda are forms of Parvati.
Lakshmi
Lakshmi (sometimes spelled Laxmi) also known as Shri, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. Durga and Lakshmi are Hindu goddesses, mother goddesses and Shaktism.
Lakshmi Tantra
The Lakshmi Tantra is one of the Pancharatra texts that is dedicated to the goddess Lakshmi and Narayana (Vishnu) in Hinduism.
Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
Mahadevi
Mahadevi (महादेवी), also referred to as Adi Parashakti and Mahamaya, is the supreme goddess in Hinduism. Durga and Mahadevi are forms of Lakshmi, forms of Parvati and Hindu goddesses.
Mahagauri
Mahagauri is the eighth form among the Navadurga aspects of the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi. Durga and Mahagauri are Hindu goddesses.
Mahakali
Mahakali is the Hindu goddess of time and death in the goddess-centric tradition of Shaktism. Durga and Mahakali are Destroyer goddesses, forms of Parvati, Hindu goddesses, mother goddesses and Shaktism.
Mahishasura
Mahishasura is a bovine asura in Hinduism.
Mahishasura Mardini Stotra
The Mahishasura Mardini Stotra is a Hindu stotra. Durga and Mahishasura Mardini Stotra are Shaktism.
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Mamallapuram
Mamallapuram (also known as Mahabalipuram), is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram.
Mandala 10
The tenth mandala, or chapter, of the Rigveda contains 191 hymns.
Manidvipa
Manidvipa (translit) is the celestial abode of Mahadevi, the supreme goddess, according to the Shaktism tradition in Hinduism. Durga and Manidvipa are Shaktism.
Mariamman
Mariamman, often abbreviated to Amman, is a Hindu goddess of weather, predominantly venerated in the rural areas of South India. Durga and Mariamman are forms of Parvati, Hindu goddesses and mother goddesses.
Markandeya Purana
The Markandeya Purana (मार्कण्डेय पुराण; IAST) is a Sanskrit text of Hinduism, and one of the eighteen major Puranas. Durga and Markandeya Purana are Shaktism.
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Matrikas
Matrikas (Sanskrit: मातृका (singular), IAST: mātṝkā, lit. "mothers") also called Matar or Matri, are a group of mother goddesses who are always depicted together in Hinduism. Durga and Matrikas are Hindu goddesses, mother goddesses, Shaktism and war goddesses.
Maukhari dynasty
The Maukhari dynasty (Gupta script:, Mau-kha-ri) was the ruling house of the Kingdom of Kannauj and controlled the vast plains of Ganga-Yamuna for over six generations from their capital at Kannauj.
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Maya (religion)
Maya (Devanagari: माया, IAST), literally "illusion" or "magic", has multiple meanings in Indian philosophies depending on the context.
Monier Monier-Williams
Sir Monier Monier-Williams (né Williams; 12 November 1819 – 11 April 1899) was a British scholar who was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England.
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Mother Nature
Mother Nature (sometimes known as Mother Earth or the Earth Mother) is a personification of nature that focuses on the life-giving and nurturing aspects of nature by embodying it, in the form of a mother or mother goddess.
Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ;; कैलास) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Mundaka Upanishad
The Mundaka Upanishad (मुण्डकोपनिषद्) is an ancient Sanskrit Vedic text, embedded inside Atharva Veda.
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Nalanda mahavihara
Nalanda (IAST) was a renowned Buddhist mahavihara (great monastery) in ancient and medieval Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India.
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Nanda (Hinduism)
Nanda is a cow-herd chief, and the foster-father of Krishna, featured in the Harivamsha and the Puranas.
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Naradiya Purana
The Naradiya Purana (नारदीय पुराण) or Narada Purana (नारद पुराण), are two Vaishnavism texts written in Sanskrit language.
Navadurga
Navadurga (नवदुर्गा), also spelled Navdurga and Navadurgas, are nine manifestations and forms of Durga in Hinduism, especially worshipped during Navaratri and Durga Puja. Durga and Navadurga are forms of Lakshmi, forms of Parvati and Hindu goddesses.
Navaratri
Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival observed in honor of the goddess Durga, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme goddess.
Nelumbo nucifera
Nelumbo nucifera, also known as sacred lotus, Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae.
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Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
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Newar Buddhism
Newar Buddhism is the form of Vajrayana Buddhism practiced by the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
Niladevi
Niladevi, also rendered as Neela Devi, Nappinnai and Durga, is a Hindu goddess, and a consort of the preserver deity Vishnu, along with Sridevi and Bhudevi. Durga and Niladevi are forms of Lakshmi and Hindu goddesses.
Nirukta
Nirukta (निरुक्त,, "explained, interpreted") is one of the six ancient Vedangas, or ancillary science connected with the Vedas – the scriptures of Hinduism.
Odisha
Odisha (English), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India.
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Palden Lhamo
Palden Lhamo ("Glorious Goddess",Volkmann, Rosemarie: "Female Stereotypes in Tibetan Religion and Art: the Genetrix/Progenitress as the Exponent of the Underworld" in, Śrīdēvī)Dowman, Keith.
Pancharatra
Pancharatra (IAST: Pāñcarātra) was a religious movement in Hinduism that originated in late 3rd-century BCE around the ideas of Narayana and the various avatars of Vishnu as their central deities.
Panchayatana puja
Panchayatana puja (IAST) also known as Pancha Devi Deva Puja is a system of ''puja'' (worship) in the Smarta sampradaya, which is one of four major sampradaya of Hinduism.
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Panthoibi
Panthoibi (ꯄꯥꯟꯊꯣꯏꯕꯤ|Paanthoibee, ꯄꯥꯟꯊꯣꯢꯄꯤ|Panthoipi), also known as Queen of the East, is a goddess associated with civilization, courage, fertility, handicraft, love, victory, warfare and wisdom in the mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur).
Parvati
Parvati (पार्वती), also known as Uma (उमा) and Gauri (गौरी), is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. Durga and Parvati are forms of Parvati, Hindu goddesses, mother goddesses, Shaktism and war goddesses.
Pāṇini
(पाणिनि.) was a logician, Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and revered scholar in ancient India, variously dated between the 7th and 4th century BCE.
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Prajnaparamita
A Tibetan painting with a Prajñāpāramitā sūtra at the center of the mandala Prajñāpāramitā (प्रज्ञापारमिता) means the "Perfection of Wisdom" or "Perfection of Transcendental Wisdom".
Prakṛti
Prakriti (प्रकृति) is "the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance".
Puranas
Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.
Rajas
Rajas (Sanskrit: रजस्) is one of the three guṇas (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.
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Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.
Ramprasad Sen
(1723/1718 – c. 1775) was a Hindu Shakta poet and saint of 18th-century Bengal.
Relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.
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Rigveda
The Rigveda or Rig Veda (ऋग्वेद,, from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas).
Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)
In Hindu mythology, Rohini (lit) is the first consort of Vasudeva, the sister of Yashoda, and the mother of the Hindu deities Balarama and Subhadra.
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Saṃsāra
Saṃsāra (Devanagari: संसार) is a Pali and Sanskrit word that means "wandering" as well as "world," wherein the term connotes "cyclic change" or, less formally, "running around in circles." Saṃsāra is referred to with terms or phrases such as transmigration/reincarnation, karmic cycle, or Punarjanman, and "cycle of aimless drifting, wandering or mundane existence".
Saraswati
Saraswati (सरस्वती), also spelled as Sarasvati, is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, flowing water, abundance and wealth, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. Durga and Saraswati are Hindu goddesses and Shaktism.
Sattva
Sattva (Sanskrit: सत्त्व, meaning goodness) is one of the three guṇas or "modes of existence" (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept understood by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.
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Shailaputri
Shailaputri (शैलपुत्री), is the daughter of the Mountain King Himavat, and is a manifestation and form of the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi, representing herself as the pure form of goddess Parvati. Durga and Shailaputri are forms of Parvati and war goddesses.
Shaivism
Shaivism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Supreme Being.
Shakta Upanishads
Shakta Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to the Shaktism theology of a Goddess (Devi) as the Supreme Being.
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Shakti
Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; 'energy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capability') in Hinduism, is the "Universal Power" that underlies and sustains all existence. Durga and Shakti are Hindu goddesses, mother goddesses and Shaktism.
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Shaktism
Shaktism (translit-std) is a major Hindu denomination in which the godhead or metaphysical reality is considered metaphorically to be a woman.
Shankha
A shankha has religious ritual importance in Hinduism.
Shiva
Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.
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Sikkim
Sikkim is a state in northeastern India.
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Skandamata
Skandamātā (स्कन्दमाता) is the fifth among the Navadurga forms of Mahadevi. Durga and Skandamata are Hindu goddesses and mother goddesses.
Smarta tradition
The Smarta tradition (स्मार्त), also called Smartism, is a movement in Hinduism that developed and expanded with the Puranas genre of literature.
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Sudarshana Chakra
The Sudarshana Chakra is a divine discus, attributed to Vishnu in the Hindu scriptures.
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Surabaya
Surabaya is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta.
Svarga
Svarga (lit), also known as Indraloka and Svargaloka, is the celestial abode of the devas in Hinduism.
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Syncretism
Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.
Tamas (philosophy)
Tamas (Sanskrit: तमस् tamas) is one of the three guṇas (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.
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Tara (Buddhism)
Tara (तारा,; སྒྲོལ་མ), Ārya Tārā (Noble Tara), also known as Jetsün Dölma (Tibetan: rje btsun sgrol ma, meaning: "Venerable Mother of Liberation"), is an important female Buddha in Buddhism, especially revered in Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism.
Teej
Teej, literally meaning the "third" denoting the third day after the new moon when the monsoon begins as per the Hindu calendar, is a combined name for 3 Hindu festivals primarily dedicated to Hindu deities - the mother goddess Parvati and her male consort Shiva, mainly celebrated by married women and unmarried girls mostly in North India and Nepal to wish for the long life of their husband or future husband and to welcome the arrival of monsoon season with the singing, swings, dancing, enjoyment, prayer rituals and often fasting.
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Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia.
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Tridevi
The Tridevi are a trinity of supreme divinity in Hinduism, joining a triad of eminent goddesses either as a feminine version of the Trimurti, or as consorts of a masculine Trimurti, depending on the denomination. Durga and Tridevi are Hindu goddesses.
Trimurti
The Trimurti is the trinity of supreme divinity in Hinduism, in which the cosmic functions of creation, preservation, and destruction are personified as a triad of deities.
Tripura Sundari
Tripura Sundari (Sanskrit: त्रिपुरसुन्दरी, IAST: Tripura Sundarī), also known as Rajarajeshvari, Shodashi, Kamakshi, and Lalita, is a Hindu goddess, revered primarily within the Shaktism tradition and recognized as one of the ten Mahavidyas. She embodies the essence of the supreme goddess Mahadevi. Durga and Tripura Sundari are forms of Lakshmi, forms of Parvati, Hindu goddesses and Shaktism.
Trishula
The trishula is a trident, a divine symbol, commonly used as one of the principal symbols in Hinduism.
Tuesday
Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday.
Upanishads
The Upanishads (उपनिषद्) are late Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts that "document the transition from the archaic ritualism of the Veda into new religious ideas and institutions" and the emergence of the central religious concepts of Hinduism.
Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
Vajrayana
Vajrayāna (वज्रयान; 'vajra vehicle'), also known as Mantrayāna ('mantra vehicle'), Mantranāya ('path of mantra'), Guhyamantrayāna ('secret mantra vehicle'), Tantrayāna ('tantra vehicle'), Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, is a Buddhist tradition of tantric practice that developed in Medieval India and spread to Tibet, Nepal, other Himalayan states, East Asia, parts of Southeast Asia and Mongolia.
Vajrayogini
Vajrayoginī (Vajrayoginī वज्रयोगिनी;, Dorjé Naljorma) is an important figure in Buddhism, especially revered in Tibetan Buddhism.
Vande Mataram
Vande Mātaram (Devanagari: वंदे मातरम् Bengali: বন্দে মাতরম্) is a poem written in Sanskritised Bengali by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the 1870s.
Varanasi
Varanasi (ISO:,; also Benares, Banaras or Kashi) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Vijayadashami
Vijayadashami (translit-std), more commonly known as Dussehra, and also known as Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navaratri.
Vikramashila
Vikramashila (IAST) was a monastery in the Magadha region of modern-day Bihar in India.
Vindhya Range
The Vindhya Range (also known as Vindhyachal) is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India.
Virata Parva
Virata Parva, also known as the “Book of Virata”, is the fourth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata.
Vishnu
Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
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Vishnu Purana
The Viṣṇu Purāṇa (विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism.
Wrathful deities
In Buddhism, wrathful deities or fierce deities are the fierce, wrathful or forceful (Tibetan: trowo, Sanskrit: krodha) forms (or "aspects", "manifestations") of enlightened Buddhas, Bodhisattvas or Devas (divine beings); normally the same figure has other, peaceful, aspects as well.
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Yantra
Yantra (यन्त्र; 'Machine'/'Contraption')) is a geometrical diagram, mainly from the Tantric traditions of the Indian religions. Yantras are used for the worship of deities in temples or at home; as an aid in meditation; and for the benefits believed given by their occult powers based on Hindu astrology and tantric texts.
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Yashoda
Yashoda (यशोदा) is the foster-mother of Krishna and the wife of Nanda.
Yāska
Yāska was an ancient Indian grammarian and linguist (7th–5th century BCE).
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Yogamaya
Yogamaya, also venerated as Vindhyavasini, Mahamaya, and Ekanamsha, is a Hindu goddess. Durga and Yogamaya are Hindu goddesses.
Yogini
A yogini (Sanskrit: योगिनी, IAST) is a female master practitioner of tantra and yoga, as well as a formal term of respect for female Hindu or Buddhist spiritual teachers in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Greater Tibet. Durga and yogini are Hindu goddesses.
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Yudhishthira
Yudhishthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: Yudhiṣṭhira) also known as Dharmaraja, was the king of Indraprastha and later the King of Kuru Kingdom in the epic Mahabharata.
See also
Destroyer goddesses
- Ambika (goddess)
- Cailleach
- Chandraghanta
- Durga
- Enyo
- Kali
- Mahakali
- Mother goddesses
- Persephone
- Sekhmet
Durga Puja
- Akalabodhana
- Asian Paints Sharad Shamman
- Barowari
- Birendra Krishna Bhadra
- Bullygunge Cultural Association
- Chaltabagan Durga Puja
- Chatar jatra
- Chenjiamman
- Delhi Durga Puja Samiti
- Devi Mahatmya
- Dhunachi
- Durga
- Durga Ashtami
- Durga Puja
- Durga Puja in Kolkata
- Jagaddhatri
- Kalaratri
- Kumortuli
- Medha rishi
- Sindur Khela
- Surath
Forms of Lakshmi
- Archi (Hindu goddess)
- Ashta Lakshmi
- Bhramari
- Bhuvaneshvari
- Devi Kanya Kumari
- Dewi Sri
- Durga
- Gajalakshmi
- Kamalatmika
- Kaushiki
- Kisshōten
- Lakshmi Narasimha
- Lakshmi Narayana
- Mahadevi
- Navadurga
- Niladevi
- Padmavathi
- Radha
- Ranganayaki
- Revati
- Rukmini
- Shakambhari
- Sita
- Tripura Sundari
- Vaikuntha Kamalaja
- Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshvari
Justice goddesses
- Adrasteia
- Ala (odinala)
- Ammit
- Astraea
- Athena
- Clementia
- Demeter
- Dike (mythology)
- Durga
- Eirene (goddess)
- Eleos
- Erinyes
- Eunomia
- Homonoia (mythology)
- Horae
- Išartu
- Inanna
- Invidia
- Jiutian Xuannü
- Kali
- Kittum
- Lady Justice
- Maat
- Mafdet
- Maman Brigitte
- Manungal
- Nanshe
- Nemesis
- Poena
- Praxidice
- Soteria (mythology)
- Syn (goddess)
- Themis
- Uṣur-amāssu
- Vár
Mythological swordfighters
- Accolon
- Beowulf (hero)
- Caílte mac Rónáin
- Conaire Mór
- Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
- Durga
- Fergus mac Róich
- Fionn mac Cumhaill
- Gawain
- King Arthur
- Lancelot
- Lugh
- Mordred
- Oscar (Irish mythology)
- Peleus
- Perseus
- Rhydderch Hael
- Sigmund
- Sigurd
- Sir Balin
- Susanoo-no-Mikoto
- Theseus
- Witege
- Yamato Takeru
- Yuenü
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga
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