Pārvatī

[pahr-vuh-tee]

noun

Hinduism.

1. the wife of Shiva and the benevolent form of the Mother Goddess.

Parvati

/ ˈpʌrvətɪ /

noun

1. Hinduism goddess consort of the god Siva, associated with mountains

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pārvatī¹

from Sanskrit: the mountain-dwelling one

Example Sentences

Thus Vāch or Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech and learning, came to be regarded as the śakti, or consort of Brahmā; Śrī or Lakshmī, “beauty, fortune,” as that of Vishṇu; and Umā or Pārvatī, the daughter of Himavat, the god of the Himālaya mountain, as that of Śiva.

From Project Gutenberg

The interesting office of the god of love is held by Kāmadeva, also called Ananga, the bodyless, because, as the myth relates, having once tried by the power of his mischievous arrow to make Śiva fall in love with Pārvatī, whilst he was engaged in devotional practices, the urchin was reduced to ashes by a glance of the angry god.

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Two other mythological figures of some importance are considered as sons of Śiva and Pārvatī, viz.

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At the temple built on the top of a conical hill at Bherāghāt, overlooking the river, is a statue of a bull carrying Siva, the god of destruction, and his wife Pārvatī seated behind him; they have both snakes in their hands, and Siva has a large one round his loins as a waistband.

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The popular belief is that in a dispute between him and his wife, Pārvatī, alias Kālī, she cursed the person that should thenceforward dare to drink of the water that flowed over his images on earth.

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