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River Goddesses
(4,982 words)
Rivers in India are almost all feminine in gender. They are treated ritually as women, appear in stories as female persons, and have many iconographic and narrative associations with cows. Almost universally in India, rivers’ names are grammatically feminine. In addition, there are numerous goddesses who live in or personify rivers. The earliest evidence of this pattern is found in the Vedas, where the Sarasvatī is both a goddess and a river (e.g.
ṚV. 2.41.16; 2.61.2), and where rivers are compared with cows (
ṚV. 1.32.11; 1.32.2).A common iconographic expression of the pattern…
Date:
2020-05-18
Mahānubhāvs
(4,914 words)
Mahānubhāvs belong to a
bhakti movement that has its origins in 13th-century Maharashtra and still survives today. Other names of the group include Mahātmās, Paramārg, Jai Krishni Panth, and Bhaṭmārg. In the 16th century, Mahānubhāv teachings spread to the Punjab and beyond, with monasteries being established in Lahore, Peshawar, and even, it is rumored, Kabul. Today, many of the heads of Mahānubhāv monasteries in Maharashtra are Punjabis.The founder of the Mahānubhāvs was Cakradhar. Among Mahānubhāvs, Cakradhar is seen not only as their founder, but also as …
Date:
2020-05-18
