Nirriti
Nirriti is a Vedic goddess who represents a ferocious and destructive aspect that was fused into Parvati's symbolism in Puranic texts. Tate suggests Parvati is a mixture of the Vedic goddesses Aditi and Nirriti.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic goddess identified as one component of Parvati's composite nature.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Dhumavati, Shitala Devi, kali, Durga, Ambika, Gauri, Uma-Haimavati, Rudrani, Sati-Parvati, Jyeṣṭhā, Alakshmi, Ganesha, Lakshmi, Mitra-Varuna, gandharvas, Yami
- consort of
- Yama
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“the more ferocious, destructive Kali, Gauri, Nirriti in another aspect. Tate suggests Parvati is a mixture of the Vedic goddesses Aditi and Nirriti”
#29290 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Vedic goddess Nirriti is associated with death, decay, bad luck, anger, and need. Hymns emphasize offerings to keep her away.”
#30819 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“The crow - the symbol of bad luck - links her to deities like Nirriti and Yama.”
#30910 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Yami is thus further described as an association with the earth, relating her to the goddess of graveyards and sorrow, Nirriti, another partner of Yama in the Vedas.”
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