Śītalā
deity single tradition · 1
Due to the power of Śītalā, children become free from the disease.
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in 16th-century copies of the Skanda Purana's Kāśī Khaṇḍa section on Varanasi.
Relationships
- manifests as
- Shitala
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Due to the power of Śītalā, children become free from the disease.The earliest Bengali language poems on Shitala were composed in Saptagram in 1690. 18th-century compositions from Midnapore, West Bengal led to Shitala's increasing prominence in religious worship.”
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