Durga
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Durga
from Sanskrit: the inaccessible one
Example Sentences
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In one case, police detained a pro-royalist supporter, Durga Prasai, for social media posts allegedly meant to intimidate potential voters.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
“With Qualcomm AI200 and AI250, we’re redefining what’s possible for rack-scale AI inference,” Qualcomm executive Durga Malladi said in a press.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
In the case of Canadian writer-director Durga Chew-Bose’s confidently composed debut feature, the answer is both yes and not quite.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
“A lot of the character work I was doing alongside Durga was in Cécile’s physicality,” McInerny says.
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
This diagram from the Atharva Veda shows how to place a triangular fire pot to make an offering to Durga.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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