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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help ... Category: Indian feminine given names.
More common among women, making the patronym or husband name the last name is a custom adopted by people migrating to the West, who want to be called by their first names without having to explain Indian naming conventions. However, women frequently adopt their father's or husband's name, and take it for successive generations.
22.5 Modern Hindu. 22.6 Jainism. 23 Hittite mythology. 24 Hmong-Mien mythology. 25 Ibero-Lusitanian mythology. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other ...
Panchakanya, a pre-1945 lithograph from Ravi Varma Press.. The Panchakanya (Sanskrit: पञ्चकन्या, romanized: Pañcakanyā, lit. 'Five maidens') is a group of five iconic women of the Hindu epics, extolled in a hymn and whose names are believed to dispel sin when recited.
Separating concepts in Hinduism from concepts specific to Indian culture, or from the language itself, can be difficult. Many Sanskrit concepts have an Indian secular meaning as well as a Hindu dharmic meaning. One example is the concept of Dharma. [4] Sanskrit, like all languages, contains words whose meanings differ across various contexts.
Sita – Sita is the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana and the consort of Rama, Vishnu's 7th avatar. [137] She is the chief goddess of the Rama-centric Hindu traditions and is the goddess of beauty, devotion and ploughshare. [138] Radha – Radha is the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion and devotion. [139]
In Hindu mythology, the God Ganesh has 108 names. The following is a list of the names. ... Name Mantra Name Meaning Name Name Mantra गजानन ॐ ...
The Hindu pantheon is composed of deities that have developed their identities through both the scriptures of Hinduism as well as regional traditions that drew their legends from the faith. Some of the most popular deities of the Hindu pantheon include: Statue of Ganesha. Ganesha, also called Vinayaka and Ganapati, is a son of Shiva and Parvati ...