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... Parvati , but the fragment closes with the marriage of the goddess . In it all the personages not excepting her father , the snowy mountain Hymalaya , are described with the human form and human manners . The Raghu contains the history ...
... Parvati , but the fragment closes with the marriage of the goddess . In it all the personages not excepting her father , the snowy mountain Hymalaya , are described with the human form and human manners . The Raghu contains the history ...
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Lady Maria Callcott. Drawn by MG . Etched Mahvellipoor . Among the Hindûs , Siva is one of the greatest. SIVA and PARVATI attended by VISHNU and BRAHMA CHOTURMOOKHI.From.
Lady Maria Callcott. Drawn by MG . Etched Mahvellipoor . Among the Hindûs , Siva is one of the greatest. SIVA and PARVATI attended by VISHNU and BRAHMA CHOTURMOOKHI.From.
Page 345
... Parvati , the mountain - born god- dess , sits by his side and partakes his banquets . This Deity is one of the most celebrated in Hindû legends . She is Maha Cali or the great goddess of time : as such she demands vic- tims of every ...
... Parvati , the mountain - born god- dess , sits by his side and partakes his banquets . This Deity is one of the most celebrated in Hindû legends . She is Maha Cali or the great goddess of time : as such she demands vic- tims of every ...
Page 346
... Parvati is also Bhawanee , or female nature upon earth , when she appears like the Ephesian Diana . The appropriate name , however , of the goddess Earth is Prithivi , an inferior deity , but not on all occasions distinguishable from ...
... Parvati is also Bhawanee , or female nature upon earth , when she appears like the Ephesian Diana . The appropriate name , however , of the goddess Earth is Prithivi , an inferior deity , but not on all occasions distinguishable from ...
Page 348
... Parvati , which are extremely common in India . Parvati is peculi- arly the goddess of the women of the lower class , by whom she is invoked on all occasions , and she has also a sect of worshippers who call them- selves Sactis , and ...
... Parvati , which are extremely common in India . Parvati is peculi- arly the goddess of the women of the lower class , by whom she is invoked on all occasions , and she has also a sect of worshippers who call them- selves Sactis , and ...
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