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Durga Image

Page history last edited by Meagan Christou 15 years, 5 months ago

Durga Image

 

Image Analysis: Image of Durga, shown riding her tiger and attacking the demon Mahishasura

 

>     three lotus-like eyes

>     ten powerful hands

>     lush hair with beautiful curls

>     red-golden glow from her skin

>     quarter moon on her forehead

>     She wears a shiny oceanic blue attire emitting fierce rays

>     Her ornaments were carved beautifully of gold, with ocean pearls and precious stones embedded in it

>     Each god also gave her their own most powerful weapons (See Weapons)

>     Himalayas gifted her a fierce white and gold lion. ( See Dawon)  

 

Weapons

Trishula (trident), - Siva - traditional Indian Trident

Chakram, - Vishnu- ancient throwing weapon (discus?)

*Scimitar, -     - sword with a curved blade+

Snake, -  Sesha

Conch shell, - Varuna

Mace, - Kubera

Bow, - Vayu

*Talwar (longsword),-     - like a saber

*Lotus, -

Thunderbolt -  Indra- aka Vajra, short metal

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OR - *flaming dart -Agni, arrows-Surya, iron rod-Yama, 

 

Mahishasura

>     He is an Asura : a group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as demons or sinful

>     After this he started terrorising Heaven (Swarga Loka) and earth (Prithvi). He invaded heaven, defeating the      king of gods Indra, and drove all the gods (devas) out of heaven.

>     Durga  had the combined powers of all the devas in a beautiful form and defeated him

 

Dawon

>     the threatening tiger repersented power over the wars Durga had won to all enemies.

>     supported its master and attacked the foes with its claws and fangs

 

Bibliography

Campbell, Eileen. "Durga." Computer Interest Floor. University of Rochester. 28 Oct 2008 http://www.courses.rochester.edu/muller-ortega/rel249/durga/info.html.

 

"Durga." Wikipedia. 22 OCT 2008. Wikipedia. 24 Oct 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga.

 

Meagan, Shawn, Brendan

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