Kushmanda
Sign in to saveKushmanda () is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as the creator of the universe, best-known for her act of liberating the energy of the Sun to the rest of creation. She is the fourth of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the fourth day of Navaratri.
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Vinony's link graph records 85 inbound references to Kushmanda, and connects out to Sanskrit, International Standard Book Number and Shiva.
It sits within the topics Creator goddesses, Forms of Parvati and Navadurgas.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.type
- Hindu
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.image
- Kushmanda Sanghasri 2010 Arnab Dutta.JPG
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.caption
- Statue of goddess Kushmanda
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.name
- Kushmanda
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.affiliation
- Avatar of Parvati and Durga
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.god_of
- Creator of the universe
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.abode
- Kailasha
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mantra
- surāsampūrṇakalaśaṁ rudhirāplutameva ca dadhānā hastapadmābhyāṁ kūṣmāṇḍā śubhadāstu me
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.weapon
- lotus, chakra, kamandalu, bow, arrow, gada, akshamala, amrita
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.consort
- Shiva
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mount
- tiger
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.planet
- Surya
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Hindu deity
- Gender
- female
- Image
- Kushmanda Sanghasri 2010 Arnab Dutta.JPG
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Iconography
- Legend
- See also
- References
Kushmanda () is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as the creator of the universe, best-known for her act of liberating the energy of the Sun to the rest of creation. She is the fourth of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the fourth day of Navaratri.
==Iconography== Kushmanda is depicted with eight to ten hands, holding a trishula (trident), discus, sword, hook, mace, bow, arrow and two jars of amrita (nectar of immortality), and blood. She displays the abhayamudra gesture with one of her hands, with which she blesses all her devotees. Her mount is a tiger.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kushmanda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.