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In some communities, men are encouraged to call all devotee women "Mataji", because according to Vedic culture, all women who are not one's wife are to be treated as one's mother. Many women in ISKCON shun the term and prefer they be called Prabhu , which was a term A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , the founder of ISKCON, used to refer to ...
'female beetle') is a rishi in Hinduism, described to be a great devotee of Shiva, [1] the Hindu destroyer deity. [2] Legend.
Santoshi Mata (Hindi: संतोषी माता) or Santoshi Maa (संतोषी माँ) is a Hindu goddess, who is venerated as "the Mother of Satisfaction", [1] the meaning of her name. Santoshi Mata is particularly worshipped by women of North India and Nepal.
Ayyappan, also called Manikanta, is a regional deity, the son of Shiva and Mohini (a female incarnation of Vishnu). Statue of Hanuman. Hanuman, also called Anjaneya and Maruti, is a vanara devotee of Rama. He is revered as the god of celibacy and strength.
In India, a devadasi is a female artist who is dedicated to the worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life. [3] [4] The dedication takes place in a ceremony that is somewhat similar to a marriage ceremony.
Devi identifies herself in the Devi Upanishad as Brahman in her reply to the gods stating that she rules the world, blesses devotees with riches, that she is the supreme deity to whom all worship is to be offered and that she infuses Ātman in every soul. [23] Devi asserts that she is the creator of earth and heaven and resides there. [13]
The name Mohini comes from the verb root moha, meaning "to delude, enchant, perplex, or illusion," [1] [2] and literally means "delusion personified." In the Baiga culture of Central India, the word mohini means "erotic magic or spell." [3] The name also has an implied connotation of "the essence of female beauty and allurement." [4]
Shabari was a woman from a village. [1] According to Krishna Dutt, she was a seeker of knowledge and wanted to know the meaning of Dharma. After days of travel, she met Sage Matanga at the foot of Mount Rishyamukha.