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<blockquote data-quote="Astroboy" data-source="post: 71250" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p><strong>Parvati</strong> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Sanskrit</span></u></a>: Pārvatī, पार्वती), sometimes spelled <em>Parvathi</em> or <em>Parvathy</em>, is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Hindu</span></u></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">goddess</span></u></a> and nominally the second <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consort" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">consort</span></u></a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Shiva</span></u></a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_deities" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Hindu god</span></u></a> of destruction and rejuvenation. However, she is not different from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakshayani" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Satī</span></u></a>, being the reincarnation of that former consort of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Shiva</span></u></a>. She is also the mother of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Ganesha</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murugan" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Skanda (Kartikeya)</span></u></a>. Some communities also believe her to be the sister of Lord <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Vishnu</span></u></a> and <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakta" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Shaktas</span></u></a></em> consider her as the ultimate Divine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Shakti</span></u></a> - the embodiment of the total energy in the universe. In many interpretations of the scriptures, Parvati is also regarded as a representation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Shakti</span></u></a>, albeit the gentle aspect of that goddess because she is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_goddess" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">mother goddess</span></u></a>. She is regarded the daughter of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Himalayas</span></u></a>.</p><p>Parvati when depicted alongside Shiva appears with two arms, but when alone, she is shown having four arms, and astride a tiger or lion. Generally considered a benign goddess, she is often associated with fearful aspects of the Goddess like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Durga</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Kali</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandi" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Chandi</span></u></a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahavidyas" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Mahavidyas</span></u></a> as well as benevolent forms like Mahagauri, Shailputri and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalita" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Lalita</span></u></a>. Sometimes, Parvati is considered as the supreme <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Mother" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Divine Mother</span></u></a> and all other goddesses are referred to as her incarnations or manifestations.</p><p> </p><p>The Parvati does not appear in Vedic literature. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kena_Upanishad" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Kena Upanishad</span></u></a> (3.12) contains a goddess called Uma - Haimavati.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-5" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[6]</span></u></a> She appears as the <em>shakti</em>, or essential power, of the Supreme <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Brahman</span></u></a>. Her primary role is of a mediator who reveals the knowelge of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Brahman</span></u></a> to the Vedic trinity of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Agni</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayu" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Vayu</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Indra</span></u></a> boasting and posturing in the flush of a recent victory over a demon hoard.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-6" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[7]</span></u></a> But Kinsley notes: "it is little more than conjuture to identify her with the later goddess Satī-Pārvatī, although [..] later text that extol Śiva and Pārvatī retell the episode in such a way to leave no doubt that it was Śiva's spouse.."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-7" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[8]</span></u></a> Both textual and archaeological evidence suggests Sati-Parvati appears in epic period (400 BC - 400 AD). Both the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Ramayana</span></u></a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Mahabharata</span></u></a> present Parvati as Shiva's wife.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-8" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[9]</span></u></a> It is not until the plays of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalidasa" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Kalidasa</span></u></a> (5th-6th centuries) and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranas" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Puranas</span></u></a> (4th through the 13th centuries) that the myths of Sati-Parvati and Shiva acquire comprehensive details.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-9" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[10]</span></u></a></p><p>Prof. Weber suggests that like Shiva is combination of various <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Vedic</span></u></a> gods <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudra" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Rudra</span></u></a> and Agni, the Puranic Parvati is a combination of Uma, Haimavati, Ambika and earlier Parvati, identified as wives of Rudra; of others like Kali, who could be a wife of Agni and of Gauri and others inspired by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirriti" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Nirriti</span></u></a>, the goddess of evil.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-10" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[11]</span></u></a> Tate suggests Parvati is a mixture of the Vedic goddess <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditi" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Aditi</span></u></a> and Nirriti, and being a mountain goddess herself, was associated with other mountain goddesses like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Durga</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Kali</span></u></a> in later traditions.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-11" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[12]</span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bcch_heSLMQ" target="_blank">YouTube - Birth of Ganesh I</a></p><p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=HJTIp_6FWqc" target="_blank">YouTube - Birth of Ganesh II</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 71250, member: 4990"] [B]Parvati[/B] ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Sanskrit[/COLOR][/U][/URL]: Pārvatī, पार्वती), sometimes spelled [I]Parvathi[/I] or [I]Parvathy[/I], is a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Hindu[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]goddess[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and nominally the second [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consort"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]consort[/COLOR][/U][/URL] of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Shiva[/COLOR][/U][/URL], the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_deities"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Hindu god[/COLOR][/U][/URL] of destruction and rejuvenation. However, she is not different from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakshayani"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Satī[/COLOR][/U][/URL], being the reincarnation of that former consort of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Shiva[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. She is also the mother of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Ganesha[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murugan"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Skanda (Kartikeya)[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Some communities also believe her to be the sister of Lord [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Vishnu[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakta"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Shaktas[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/I] consider her as the ultimate Divine [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Shakti[/COLOR][/U][/URL] - the embodiment of the total energy in the universe. In many interpretations of the scriptures, Parvati is also regarded as a representation of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Shakti[/COLOR][/U][/URL], albeit the gentle aspect of that goddess because she is a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_goddess"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]mother goddess[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. She is regarded the daughter of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Himalayas[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Parvati when depicted alongside Shiva appears with two arms, but when alone, she is shown having four arms, and astride a tiger or lion. Generally considered a benign goddess, she is often associated with fearful aspects of the Goddess like [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Durga[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Kali[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandi"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Chandi[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahavidyas"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Mahavidyas[/COLOR][/U][/URL] as well as benevolent forms like Mahagauri, Shailputri and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalita"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Lalita[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Sometimes, Parvati is considered as the supreme [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Mother"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Divine Mother[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and all other goddesses are referred to as her incarnations or manifestations. The Parvati does not appear in Vedic literature. The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kena_Upanishad"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Kena Upanishad[/COLOR][/U][/URL] (3.12) contains a goddess called Uma - Haimavati.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-5"][U][COLOR=#800080][6][/COLOR][/U][/URL] She appears as the [I]shakti[/I], or essential power, of the Supreme [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Brahman[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Her primary role is of a mediator who reveals the knowelge of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Brahman[/COLOR][/U][/URL] to the Vedic trinity of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Agni[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayu"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Vayu[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Indra[/COLOR][/U][/URL] boasting and posturing in the flush of a recent victory over a demon hoard.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-6"][U][COLOR=#800080][7][/COLOR][/U][/URL] But Kinsley notes: "it is little more than conjuture to identify her with the later goddess Satī-Pārvatī, although [..] later text that extol Śiva and Pārvatī retell the episode in such a way to leave no doubt that it was Śiva's spouse.."[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-7"][U][COLOR=#800080][8][/COLOR][/U][/URL] Both textual and archaeological evidence suggests Sati-Parvati appears in epic period (400 BC - 400 AD). Both the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Ramayana[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Mahabharata[/COLOR][/U][/URL] present Parvati as Shiva's wife.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-8"][U][COLOR=#800080][9][/COLOR][/U][/URL] It is not until the plays of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalidasa"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Kalidasa[/COLOR][/U][/URL] (5th-6th centuries) and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranas"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Puranas[/COLOR][/U][/URL] (4th through the 13th centuries) that the myths of Sati-Parvati and Shiva acquire comprehensive details.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-9"][U][COLOR=#800080][10][/COLOR][/U][/URL] Prof. Weber suggests that like Shiva is combination of various [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Vedic[/COLOR][/U][/URL] gods [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudra"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Rudra[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and Agni, the Puranic Parvati is a combination of Uma, Haimavati, Ambika and earlier Parvati, identified as wives of Rudra; of others like Kali, who could be a wife of Agni and of Gauri and others inspired by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirriti"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Nirriti[/COLOR][/U][/URL], the goddess of evil.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-10"][U][COLOR=#800080][11][/COLOR][/U][/URL] Tate suggests Parvati is a mixture of the Vedic goddess [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditi"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Aditi[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and Nirriti, and being a mountain goddess herself, was associated with other mountain goddesses like [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Durga[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Kali[/COLOR][/U][/URL] in later traditions.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati#_note-11"][U][COLOR=#800080][12][/COLOR][/U][/URL] [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bcch_heSLMQ]YouTube - Birth of Ganesh I[/url] [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=HJTIp_6FWqc]YouTube - Birth of Ganesh II[/url] [/QUOTE]
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