Durgā (Hindu deity)

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Name (Hebrew)
דורגה (אל הינדי)
Name (Latin)
Durgā (Hindu deity)
Other forms of name
דורגה (אליל הינדי)
Durgā (Hindu deity)
Associated country
India
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q382973
Library of congress: n 2017244199
Sources of Information
  • A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature, 1961:page 128 ('Inaccessible', name of an aspect of the Sakti of Siva; she was so-called because she killed an asura name Durgama)
  • An encyclopaedic dictionary of Indian culture, 1992:page 401 (common appellation of a goddess (Devi) as a consort of Brahmā, Śiva, Viṣṇu)
  • The journey of the goddess Durga, 2016:t.p. (Goddess Durga)
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