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Attributed to Kripal of Nurpur  · Public domain  · a work of art, not a likeness The Devi Rides in State, manuscript illumination

Deity South Asian traditions

Devi

शक्तिदेवी sa देवी hi தேவி ta

Goddess in Hinduism, supreme feminine principle

  • Also called Parameswari, Isvari, Ishvari

A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.

Accounts kept apart

Overview

From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.

Connections

How Devi connects

Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.

Identification 1

What this means

One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.

Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification

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Sources and evidence

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Three layers, three licences

Data
Wikidata · CC0 1.0
Text
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged

Review

Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.

Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.

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