The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1440 page)
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(eternal night, depicted naked drinking blood from her own self-severed head); Dh
m
vat
(the destruction,
pralaya
, of the cosmos, when only smoke,
dh
ma
, remains); Bagal
(emotional forces of hate, jealousy, etc.); M
ta
gi (power and domination); Kamal
(the girl of the
lotus
, pure consciousness). The Mah
vidya cult was prominent in medieval Bengal.
mvat(the destruction,pralaya
, of the cosmos, when only smoke,
dh
ma, remains); Bagal
(emotional forces of hate, jealousy, etc.); Mtagi (power and domination); Kamal(the girl of thelotus
, pure consciousness). The Mah
vidya cult was prominent in medieval Bengal.
Mah
v
ra
vra(Skt.,
mahat
, ‘great’, +
v
ra
, ‘hero’). In Jainism, the honorific title given to Vardham
na Jn
t
putra, the 24th
t
rtha
kara
. The
Digambara
and
vet
mbara sects recount two divergent accounts of his life. Both agree that he was born the son of a
k
atriya
couple, Siddh
rtha and
Tri
al
, at Ku
agrama just north of modern Patna (Bihar State, India) in 599 BCE. The
mahat
, ‘great’, +
v
ra, ‘hero’). In Jainism, the honorific title given to Vardham
na Jntputra, the 24tht
rthakara. The
Digambara
and
vetmbara sects recount two divergent accounts of his life. Both agree that he was born the son of ak
atriyacouple, Siddh
rtha andTri
al, at Kuagrama just north of modern Patna (Bihar State, India) in 599 BCE. TheOther books
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