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Parvati is also the goddess of love and devotion, or Kamakshi (the goddess of fertility), abundance and food/nourishment, or Annapurna. [27] She is also the ferocious Mahakali that wields a sword, wears a garland of severed heads, and protects her devotees and destroys all evil that plagues the world and its beings.
Kamadeva. Kama (Sanskrit: कामदेव, IAST: Kāmadeva), also known as Kamadeva and Manmatha, is the Hindu god of erotic love, desire, pleasure and beauty. He is depicted as a handsome young man decked with ornaments and flowers, armed with a bow of sugarcane and shooting arrows of flowers.
Aditi (Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' [a] or 'innocence' [2]) is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism. She is the personification of the sprawling, infinite and vast cosmos. She is the goddess of motherhood, consciousness, unconsciousness, the past, the future, and fertility. [4] She is the mother of the celestial ...
Lajjā Gaurī is a lotus -headed Hindu goddess associated with abundance, fertility and sexuality, sometimes euphemistically described as Lajja ("modesty"). She is sometimes shown in a birthing posture, but without outward signs of pregnancy. [1] 6th century Lajja Gauri relief from Madhya Pradesh.
She is the chief goddess of the Rama-centric Hindu traditions and is the goddess of beauty, devotion and ploughshare. [137] Radha – Radha is the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion and devotion. [138] She is the personification of Mūlaprakriti, who is the feminine counterpart and internal potency (hladini shakti) of Krishna, Vishnu's 8th ...
Kamadhenu. Kamadhenu (Sanskrit: कामधेनु, [kaːmɐˈdʱeːnʊ], Kāmadhenu), also known as Surabhi (सुरभि, Surabhi or सुरभी, Surabhī[1]), is a divine bovine-goddess described in Hinduism as the mother of all cows. She is a miraculous cow of plenty who provides her owner whatever they desire and is often ...
The Shiva-related tradition is a major part of Hinduism, found all over the Indian subcontinent, such as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, [53] and Southeast Asia, such as Bali, Indonesia. [54] Shiva has pre-Vedic tribal roots, [22] having "his origins in primitive tribes, signs and symbols." [55]
Shashthi. Shashthi or Shashti (Sanskrit: षष्ठी, Bengali: ষষ্ঠী, Ṣaṣṭhī, literally "sixth") is a Hindu goddess, venerated in Nepal and India as the benefactor and protector of children. She is also the deity of vegetation and reproduction and is believed to bestow children and assist during childbirth. She is often ...