Brahmacāriṇī
Sign in to saveBrahmacharini (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मचारिणी, romanized: Brahmacāriṇī) is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as Parvati, in the form of a female ascetic. She is the second of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the second day of Navaratri.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Brahmacāriṇī is referenced by 81 other articles, and connects out to God Brahma, kamandalu and Sanskrit.
It is catalogued under topics including Hindu goddesses and Navadurgas.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.type
- Hindu
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.image
- Brahmacharini.jpg
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.caption
- Brahmacharini
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.name
- Brahmacharini
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.deity_of
- Goddess of devotion and penance
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.affiliation
- Avatar of Durga and Parvati
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mantra
- oṁ devī brahmacāriṇyai namaḥ
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.symbols
- kamandalu, lotus, rudraksha, japamala
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.texts
- Devi Bhagavata Purana, Devi Gita
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.planet
- Ketu
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.consort
- Shiva
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Brahmacharini (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मचारिणी, romanized: Brahmacāriṇī) is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as Parvati, in the form of a female ascetic. She is the second of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the second day of Navaratri.
In her iconography, Brahmacharini is depicted wearing white clothes, holding a japamala in her right hand and a kamandalu in her left.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brahmacāriṇī” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.