Brahmacāriṇī
Sign in to saveBrahmacharini (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मचारिणी, romanized: Brahmacāriṇī) is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as Parvati, in the form of a female ascetic. She is the second of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the second day of Navaratri.
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- Hindu
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- Brahmacharini
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- Brahmacharini
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- Goddess of devotion and penance
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- Avatar of Durga and Parvati
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mantra
- oṁ devī brahmacāriṇyai namaḥ
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- kamandalu, lotus, rudraksha, japamala
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.texts
- Devi Bhagavata Purana, Devi Gita
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- Ketu
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- Shiva
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Brahmacharini (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मचारिणी, romanized: Brahmacāriṇī) is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as Parvati, in the form of a female ascetic. She is the second of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the second day of Navaratri.
In her iconography, Brahmacharini is depicted wearing white clothes, holding a japamala in her right hand and a kamandalu in her left.
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Kamadeva
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