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Anika means graceful, brilliant,or sweet-faced. It is derived from the Sanskrit word anīka (अनीक), which literally means 'fearless', 'soldier', 'army' or 'face'. [3] Anika also means splendor, edge or point. [4] It is also one of the many names for Goddess Durga. [5]
Parvati is known by many names in Hindu literature. [22] Other names which associate her with mountains are Shailaja (Daughter of the mountains), Shailaputri (Daughter of Mountains), Haimavati (Daughter of Himavan ), Maheshvari (Maheshvara’s wife) , Girirajaputri (Daughter of king of the mountains) and Girija (Daughter of the mountains) [ 23 ]
Parvati is the Hindu goddess of love, beauty, purity and devotion. [25] [26] [27] She is the mother goddess in Hinduism and has many attributes and aspects. Each of her aspects is expressed with a different name, giving her over 1008 names in regional Hindu mythologies of India, including the popular names such as Gauri. [28]
A list of 108 names of the goddess is recited in order to worship her and is popularly known as the "Ashtottarshat Namavali of Goddess Durga". [citation needed] Other meanings may include: "the one who cannot be accessed easily", [24] "the undefeatable goddess". [25] Durga is also known as Durgati Nashini, meaning one who eliminates suffering. [31]
Shashthi. Shashthi or Shashti (Sanskrit: षष्ठी, Bengali: ষষ্ঠী, Ṣaṣṭhī, literally "sixth") is a Hindu goddess, venerated in Nepal and India as the benefactor and protector of children. She is also the deity of vegetation and reproduction and is believed to bestow children and assist during childbirth. She is often ...
Saraswati (Sanskrit: सरस्वती, IAST: Sarasvatī), also spelled as Sarasvati, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, arts, speech, poetry, music, purity, language and culture. [1][2] She is one of the prominent goddesses in the Vedic tradition who retains her ...
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Icons of Lajja Gauri have been found in different villages, and local people identify her with other goddesses such as Aditi, Adya Shakti, Renuka and Yallamma. [5] A notable sculpture of her dating to 150-300 CE was found at Amravati (now kept at State Museum, Chennai), [6] Tribal areas of Central India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, where the town of Badami, known for the Badami Cave Temples ...