Durga
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/67736
- Name (English)
- Durga
- Short name
- Durga
- Short Description
- "Durga (Sanskrit: दुर्गा, IAST: Durgā) is a major deity in Hinduism. She is worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Devi and is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian divinities. She is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction and wars. Her legend centres around combating evils and demonic forces that threaten peace, prosperity, and Dharma the power of good over evil. Durga is believed to unleash her divine wrath against the wicked for the liberation of the oppressed, and entails destruction to empower creation." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
- Entity Encoding
- pxg
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