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Karuṇā (Sanskrit: करुणा) is generally translated as compassion or mercy and sometimes as self-compassion or spiritual longing. [1] It is a significant spiritual concept in the Indic religions of Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism , and Jainism .
The regional goddesses venerated in Hinduism are generally syncretised with Parvati, Lakshmi, or Adi Parashakti. Some of the major goddesses revered in modern Hinduism include: Yogamaya or Vindhyavasini, the embodiment of Vishnu's divine energy; Shakambhari, a goddess of vegetation; Sati, the first consort of Shiva and previous birth of Parvati.
Aceso, goddess of curing sickness and healing wounds; Aegle, goddess of radiant good health; Hera, goddess of childbirth; she was called upon for women's safety during childbirth and for good health of the infants; Heracles Apotropaios, god of strength and athletes; he was trained in medicine and called on to avert plagues.
Meenakshi (Sanskrit: मीनाक्षि, romanized: Mīnākṣi, Tamil: மீனாக்ஷி, romanized: Mīṉākṣi; also spelled as Minakshi; also known as Aṅgayaṟkaṇṇi, [2] [3] Mīnāṭci and Taḍādakai) [4] is a Hindu goddess. She is the tutelary deity of Madurai and is considered a form of the goddess Parvati. [5]
Parvati, locally spelled as Parwati, is a principal goddess in modern-day Hinduism of Bali. She is more often called Uma, and sometimes referred to as Giriputri (daughter of the mountains). [105] She is the goddess of mountain Gunung Agung. [106] Like Hinduism of India, Uma has many manifestations in Bali, Indonesia. She is married to deity ...
The Navadurga, the nine forms of the goddess Durga. The Matrikas, a group of seven mother-goddesses. Meenakshi, a regional form of Parvati. Kamakshi, goddess of love and devotion. Akilandeswari, found in coastal regions of India, is a goddess associated with water. [3] Annapurna, the goddess of nourishment and form of Parvati.
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Aditi (Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' [a] or 'innocence' [2]) is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism. She is the personification of the sprawling infinite and vast cosmos. She is the goddess of motherhood, consciousness, unconsciousness, the past, the future, and fertility. [4]