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Durgā (Hindu deity)

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Personal name headingDurgā (Hindu deity)
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Associated countryIndia
Found inThe journey of the goddess Durga, 2016: t.p. (Goddess Durga)
A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature, 1961: page 128 ('Inaccessible', name of an aspect of the Sakti of Siva; she was so-called because she killed an asura name Durgama)
An encyclopaedic dictionary of Indian culture, 1992: page 401 (common appellation of a goddess (Devi) as a consort of Brahmā, Śiva, Viṣṇu)
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