Pārvatī
[pahr-vuh-tee]
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noun Hinduism.
the wife of Shiva and the benevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
Compare Kālī.
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She told him that she was not a human being but a goddess, an incarnation of Parvati.
Castes and Tribes of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
Parvati shares adoration with Siva, Lakshmi with Vishnu, and so on.
Castes and Tribes of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
By the side of the pot representing Siva and Parvati, a mirror is placed.
Castes and Tribes of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
They had called her Parvati, which is the name of a Goddess.
The Memoirs of a White ElephantJudith Gautier
The education of Parvati had begun, to her great displeasure—and to mine.
The Memoirs of a White ElephantJudith Gautier
Parvati
noun
Word Origin for Parvati
from Sanskrit: the mountain-dwelling one
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