Durga

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Durga is a deity in Hinduism.

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When

First attested: 2000 BCE
Attested period: -2000 – 2020
Historical notes: Vedic period.

Relationships

co occurs with: Bhairavas, Kamrunag devta, Murai Mata, Shitala, Kalwa Pawan, Lalita Masani, Shyam Baba, Sabal Singh Bawri, Kesarmal Bawri, Nathia Chowki, Pittar, Brahm Baba, sapta matrika, Mata, Vishalakshi, Mahavidyas, Cāṃuṇḍā, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati, Mahamaya, Śruti, Smriti, Ātman Vidya, Brahmavidya, Adya Kali, Mahāmārī, Lakṣmī, Gayatri, Parameshwari, Vajravarahi, Dǒumǔ, Chaya, Shakti, Yamai devi, Kama, Mushika, Uluka, Akhuketana, Vajreśvarī, Chandi, Narasimhi, Andhakasura, Kauśikī, Caṇḍikā, Naiṇī, Kṛṣṇa Nagarjā, Ucchī, Vasudanta, Jākh, Ghaṇḍiyāl, Akhilandeswari, Ashvins, Rudra, Yami, Vach, Namuchi, Narayani, Kisshōten, Gauri, Aditi, Uma-Haimavati, Rudrani, Sati-Parvati, Nirriti, Meenakshi, Mahakali, Kamakshi, Annapurna, Kshethra Balaka, Rudra Savarni Manu, Saraswati, Ranganatha, Jambukeswara, Varahi, Prasanna Ganapathi, Mahishasura, Sita, Radha, Bhavani, Ambika, Bhadrakali, Katyayini Durga, Vindhyavasini, Yogmaya, Maheshwari, Vaishnavi, Andreye, Satis, Brahma, Durgamasura, Jagaddhatri, Karindrasura, Chanda, Munda, Shumbha, Nishumbha, Chamunda, Chandamari, devi, Karuppuswamy, Katyayani, Chandika, Mahisha, Raktabija, Guhyakali, Navadurgas, Matangi, Bagalamukhi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Dakshinakalika, Smashanakalika, Ekajata, Ugratara, Taritni, Nilasarasvati, Jayadurga, Vashuli, Śiva, Parvati, Vajrapāṇi, Maheshvara, Uma, Gōzanze Myōō, Ophanim, Seraphim, Azrael, Osiris, Argus Panoptes, Cuegle, Amun, Bes, Mokumokuren, Lord Shiva, Adi Parashakti, Hanuman, Krishna, Gogaji, Bhumi, Mother goddess, Tripura Sundari, Sūrya, Uṣas, Dakini, Kaliya, Ulupi, Vasuki, Indra, Marut, Yama, Ugajin, Benzaiten, Narasimha, Ganga, Pratyangira, Dodomeki
enemy of: Raktabija, Shumbha, Nishumbha, Shumbha-Nishumbha, Durg, Mahishasur, Mahishasura, Kamsa, Shumbha, Nishumbha, Durgasur, Shumbha-Nisumbha
parent of: kali, Kauśikī, Bipodtarini, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Kārtikeya, Sarasvati
consort of: Śiva
manifests as: Renuka devi, kali, Cundā, Matrikas, Yogamaya, Ekanamsha, Kalaratri
aspect of: Parvati, Shakti, Lakshmi, Akhilandeswari, Mahadevi, devi
syncretized with: Parvati, Bharat Mata, Mariamman, Kotavi, Taleju, Marici, Kundalini, Korravai, Shakambhari, Tulja Bhavani
sibling of: Vishnu, Sri, Bhu
serves: Vishnu
allied with: Dhumavati, Himavan
has aspect: Taleju Bhawani, Mahishasuramardini, Temblai Devi, Kauśikī, Suswani Mataji, Ambika, Vijaya Lakshmi, Bipattarini, Matrikas, kali, Shailaputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayini, Kalaratri, Mahagauri, Siddhidatri, Harsidhhi, Jagatdhatri
manifested by: Dewi Uma, Adishakti, Akhilandeswari, Mahishasuramardini, Caṇḍī, Caṇḍikā, Mahadevi, devi, Parvati, Lakshmi, Yogamaya, Jagadamba
child of: Himalaya, Lakshmi, Trimūrti
creator of: Kauśikī, Matrikas
served by: Khemukhi

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“Durga or Gauri in Hinduism.”
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“Similarly, goddesses absorbed into Puranic Hinduism, like Durga, appear around the 1st century BCE–1st century CE.”
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“Durga”
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“Taleju is considered a tantric form of Durga in her aspect as Mahishasuramardini, the slayer of the buffalo demon.”
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“In the Devi Mahatmya, where Kali first appeared as a personification of the rage of goddess Durga, an aspect of Kali's character was her thirst for blood and fondness to stay at places of death and destruction.”
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