Parvati | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Parvati


00:01:37 1 Etymology and nomenclature
00:03:48 2 History
00:06:12 3 Iconography and symbolism
00:10:54 4 Manifestations and aspects of Parvati
00:13:33 5 Legends
00:23:46 6 Parvati in culture
00:23:56 6.1 Festivals
00:26:37 6.2 Arts
00:27:28 6.3 Numismatics
00:28:09 6.4 Major temples
00:29:34 6.4.1 List of temples
00:30:55 7 Outside India
00:33:22 8 Related goddesses



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Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī) or Gauri (IAST: Gauri) is the Hindu goddess of fertility, love, beauty, marriage, children, and devotion; as well as of divine strength and power. Known by many other names, she is the gentle and nurturing aspect of the Hindu goddess Adi Parashakti and one of the central deities of the Goddess-oriented Shakta sect. She is the Mother goddess in Hinduism, and has many attributes and aspects. Each of her aspects is expressed with a different name, giving her over 100 names in regional Hindu stories of India. Along with Lakshmi and Saraswati, she forms the trinity of Hindu goddesses (Tridevi).Parvati is the wife of the Hindu god Shiva – the protector, the destroyer (of evil) and regenerator of the universe and all life. She is the daughter of the mountain king Himavan and queen Mena. Parvati is the mother of Hindu deities Ganesha and Shanmukha and sometimes is known as the mother of Ashokasundari and Jyoti. The Puranas also referenced her to be the sister of the preserver god Vishnu. She is the divine energy between a man and a woman, like the energy of Shiva and Shakti. With Shiva, Parvati is a central deity in the Shaiva sect. In Hindu belief, she is the recreative energy and power of Shiva, and she is the cause of a bond that connects all beings and a means of their spiritual release. In Hindu temples dedicated to her and Shiva, she is symbolically represented as the argha. She is found extensively in ancient Indian literature, and her statues and iconography grace Hindu temples all over South Asia and Southeast Asia.