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is more than a counterpart: she is the ultimate source, for whom the other gods are servants and agents.
The major forms of Devi are
Durg
,
P
rvat
, and
K
l
.
The major forms of Devi are
Durg
,P
rvat, andK
l.
Dev
-Bh
gavata-Pur
a
.
-Bhgavata-Pura.
Hindu mythological work in Skt., belonging to the genre of the
pur
as
, ‘the pur
a that imitates the
Bh
gavata
Pur
a
but is dedicated to the Goddess’. Its date of composition will not be much earlier than the 15th cent. CE. The Goddess is envisaged as Bhuvanê
var
, ‘Empress of the World’, and as residing in the supreme heaven of Ma
idv
pa.
pur
as, ‘the pur
a that imitates theBh
gavataPur
abut is dedicated to the Goddess’. Its date of composition will not be much earlier than the 15th cent. CE. The Goddess is envisaged as Bhuvanê
var, ‘Empress of the World’, and as residing in the supreme heaven of Maidvpa.Other books
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