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The name is based on the Sanskrit word गोप्तृ goptṛ, which means "guardian" or "protector". [1]According to historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname Gupta was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times.
It can be loosely translated as "Dharma protects those who protect it". [6] The closest synonyms for Dharma in English are righteousness and ethics. [7] It is the motto of the Research and Analysis Wing, National Law School of India University and the Hindutva organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad. [8] [9] [4]
Himachal Pradesh in the north and Kerala in the south are specifically known for their large numbers of sacred groves. [9] The Gurjar people of Rajasthan have a unique practice of neem (Azadirachta indica) planting and worshipping as abode of God Devnarayan. Thus, a Gurjjar settlement appears like a human-inhabited sacred grove. [10]
The 3rd to 5th century text Yajnavalkya Smriti describes Shashthi as the foster-mother and protector of Skanda. [9] However, later texts identified her as Devasena, the consort of Skanda, [5] including the epic Mahabharata wherein Shashthi (as Devasena) -the daughter of Prajapati- is betrothed by the god-king Indra to Skanda. She is also ...
While preaching chastity to widows such as in verses 5.158–5.160, and opposing a woman marrying someone outside her own social class in verses 3.13–3.14, [45] in other verses, such as 2.67–2.69 and 5.148–5.155, Manusmriti preaches that as a girl, she should obey and seek protection of her father, as a young woman her husband, and as a ...
The mural crown of Cybele represents the walls of the city she protects. Tutelary deities who guard and preserve a place or a person are fundamental to ancient Roman religion. The tutelary deity of a man was his Genius, that of a woman her Juno. [3] In the Imperial era, the Genius of the Emperor was a focus of Imperial cult.
Savitr is a deity whose name primarily denotes an agent, in the form of a noun derived from a verbal root with the agent suffix -tṛ added. The name of Savitr belongs to a class of Vedic theonyms, together with Dhatṛ, Tratṛ and Tvastr. These names denote that these are agent gods, who create, protect, and produce, respectively. [6]
Traditionally, the name of the deity is said to be derived from Sanskrit verb, pūṣyati, which means "to cause to thrive". [1] Many modern scholars consider Pushan to be derived from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European god *Péh₂usōn, [2] which would thereby make Pushan a cognate of the Greek god Pan. The connection between Pan and ...