Durga Definition

dûrgə
noun
A Hindu goddess of protection, vengeance, and victory, often described as the consort of Siva and as an avatar of Devi.
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Origin of Durga

  • Sanskrit Durgā from durgā feminine of durga- difficult to approach, unattainable dur- variant (used before voiced consonants) of dus- bad dus- in Indo-European roots -ga- going, moving (either from gam-) (root form of gacchati he goes, approaches) (or from gā-) (root form of gāti he goes, approaches gwā- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Durga Sentence Examples

  • Though they themselves trace their origin to seven Mahommedan tribes, Hindus appear to have been associated with them at an early period; at any rate, their religious creed and practices as stanch worshippers of Kali (Devi, Durga), the Hindu goddess of destruction, had certainly no flavour of Islam in them.

  • Durga is pictured, ill spite of her fierce nature, with a gentle face.

  • Among the most conspicuous of these are the mosque of Aurangzeb, built as an intentional insult in the middle of the Hindu quarter; the Bisheshwar or Golden Temple, important less through architectural beauty than through its rank as the holiest spot in the holy city; and the Durga temple, which, like most of the other principal temples, is a Mahratta building of the 17th century.

  • Durga, " the unapproachable," and Kali, " the black one," or, as some take it, the wife of Kala, " time," or death the great dissolver, viz.

  • Stories cover some of the major Hindu deities, including Krishna, Rama, Durga and the snake goddess Manasa.

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Words Starting With

DDUDUR

Words Ending With

AGARGA

Unscrambles

Durga

Words Starting With D and Ending With A

Starts With D & Ends With AStarts With DU & Ends With AStarts With D & Ends With GA

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