Jyoti
deity Tamil single tradition · 1
In modern Tamil Shaiva tradition, Jyoti is sometimes considered to be the personification of the female principle, an embodied representation of the vel of Murugan. In one myth, she emerges from Shiva's halo, and is a physical manifestation of her father's grace. In another myth, she is born from a spark from goddess Parvati's forehead, similar to how Muruga is born from six sparks from Shiva's forehead.
When
- Attested period
- 2000 – 2020
Relationships
- allied with
- Muruga
- enemy of
- Surapadman
- co occurs with
- Nataraja
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“their daughter Jyoti who are present in the Ajna cakra upon the forehead for each day of the waxing and waning of moon. The sage also recounts that how Jyoti was born of the Pranava pillar of ‘Om'.”
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