The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2288 page)
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S
t
t(Skt., ‘furrow’). Consort of
R
ma
and considered therefore to be an incarnation of the Goddess
Lak
m
. She is the heroine of the epic poem
R
m
ya
a
. She was born as a result of her father's prayers, and is said to have sprung from a furrow ploughed by him; she is thus closely associated with the ‘mother-earth’ concept and is the Vedic patron of agriculture.
R
maand considered therefore to be an incarnation of the Goddess
Lak
m. She is the heroine of the epic poemR
myaa. She was born as a result of her father's prayers, and is said to have sprung from a furrow ploughed by him; she is thus closely associated with the ‘mother-earth’ concept and is the Vedic patron of agriculture.
tal.Goddess of pustular diseases, dominant in Bengal. Her
l
l
(play) is to sweep through the countryside with her companion Jvar
sura, the fever demon.
tal
means ‘cool one’, perhaps a euphemism to ward off her fury. Worship of her, and writing poems to her, tend to follow upon an epidemic, thus belonging to the cults of
affliction
.
l
l(play) is to sweep through the countryside with her companion Jvarsura, the fever demon.talmeans ‘cool one’, perhaps a euphemism to ward off her fury. Worship of her, and writing poems to her, tend to follow upon an epidemic, thus belonging to the cults ofaffliction
.
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