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Lesson 2: Hinduism- Roots of Hinduism
- Beliefs of Hinduism
- Hinduism and the practice of faith
- Hindu temples
- Principal texts of Hinduism
- Principal deities of Hinduism
- The Hindu deity Shiva
- Hindu deity Shiva as destroyer of the three cities of the demons
- Hindu Deity Shiva in the Fierce form of Bhairava
- Hindu deity Vishnu
- The Hindu deities Vishnu and Krishna
- The Hindu deity Vishnu in the form of the man-lion Narasimha
- Festival of the Goddess Durga
- Hindu deity Durga victorious over the buffalo demon
- The Hindu deity Ganesha
- Brahmani
- Varanasi: sacred city
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Brahmani
Yogini temples typically included sculptures of seven female goddesses known as matrikas (“mother-goddesses”). These feminized versions of Hindu gods are identifiable by the most common attributes of their male forms.
The goddess here is the female version of Brahma, who is recognized by his four heads. This feature is seen on the goddess as well (here the fourth head is understood to be at the back). She also holds Brahma’s prayer beads in her upper right hand, and his animal vehicle, the goose, is carved between her feet. Her hair, the matted locks of a renouncer, is piled high, and her left hand forms the wish-granting gesture; her missing right hand would have formed the gesture of reassurance.
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- is hindu the most fomus history(3 votes)
- History is differently famous to different people for U.S. Americans they usually learn a great deal about U.S. American history and British history for Chinese people they learn a great deal about China of course everyone learns other histories as well but it all depends on your specialization and your geographical location hope that helps!(1 vote)
- why she has three hads?(1 vote)
- She has three heads because she is identified by sharing the markers of how to identify Brahma she is the female version of Brahma he has four heads so she has three with the fourth understood to be at the back as it says in the article hope that answers your question! For more about the subject I suggest you delve deeper into the symbolism around Brahma(2 votes)