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The goddess has eight arms and holds a trishul (trident), damaru (hand drum), kapaalpatra , ghanta (war bell), Vedic scriptures, khadga-kheta (sword and shield) and severed head of demon. The goddess was the Kuladevi (tutelary deity) of the Chalukyas. The goddess Banashankari is the tutelary god for Devanga Community. [6]
Sekhmet, goddess of healing and medicine of Upper Egypt; Heka, deification of magic, through which Egyptians believed they could gain protection, healing and support; Serket, goddess of healing stings and bites; Ta-Bitjet, a scorpion goddess whose blood is a panacea for all poisons; Isis, goddess of healing, magic, marriage and protection
Prema, goddess who made the bride submissive, allowing penetration; also an epithet of Juno, who has the same function [17] Robigus, fertility god who protects crops against disease; Subigus, the god who subdues the bride to the husband's will; Venus, goddess of beauty, love, desire, sex and fertility
Haoreima (ꯍꯥꯎꯂꯩꯃ), Goddess of tragic love and separation, disease, souls and spirits. Ichum Lairembi (ꯏꯆꯨꯝ ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ), presiding goddess of the Khurkhul region. Koujeng Leima (ꯀꯧꯖꯦꯡ ꯂꯩꯃ), a consort of God Koupalu and one of the nine goddesses who participated in the festival of Thangjing.
The goddess is described as one who helps a person to use words in the right way and to go beyond it to seek the soul and inner knowledge, which lie outside the demarcated boundaries of tradition. [24] Matangi is regarded as a Tantric form of Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and the arts of mainstream Hinduism, with whom she shares many traits.
Shakambhari Mata Temple in Sambhar, Rajasthan. After the asura Durgamasura sought to plunge the earth in drought and scarcity, a century of suffering endured on earth, when the sages finally remembered the goddess Parvati after the asura had made them forget about the Vedas, she appeared upon the worlds in a dark-hued blue form, casting her hundred eyes on the sages.
Banashankari, commonly abbreviated as BSK [citation needed], is a locality spread across South and West Bangalore. [1] Its name is derived from the Banashankari Amma Temple on Kanakapura Road, one of Bangalore's renowned temples constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915.
Balarama, Vāsudeva and the goddess Ekanamsha shown in a rock painting at Tikla, 3rd-2nd century BCE. [2] Ekanamsha (Sanskrit: एकानंशा; Ekānaṁśā) is a Hindu goddess. She is primarily identified with the illusory power of Vishnu as Yogamaya. [3] The goddess is believed to have been worshipped by the Vrishnis. [4]