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Deepa

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: Chandraketu

I have a different question re: the Shiva-Sati story.

When Shiva got news of Sati's self-immolation, he tore off a strand of his hair and split it in 2. From one of them arose Virbhadra, who was the one who trounced Indra and Vishnu and killed Daksha: the other was Mahakali, who led the ganas and routed not just the devas, but also the asuras that Rishi Bhrigu, who was the presiding priest of the yagna, invoked to save the yagna.

So if Mahakali's existance dates back to the post-Sati, pre-Parvati era, how is Mahakali sometimes represented as a manifestation of Parvati, the same way Devi Durga is?

Now, I have a qn. here...... Is it not Bhadrakali who is created along with Virabhadra? I was of the opinion, its Virabhadra and Bhadrakali who are formed during this incident. Virabhadra with Shiva's ansh and Bhadrakali out of Shiva with the Devi's ansh.

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Vrish

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Posted: 16 years ago

#42

I had read Mahakali (ACK - Sati & Shiva), but you may well be right. So there's a difference between Mahakali & Bhadrakali?

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Vrish

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Posted: 16 years ago

#43

One more question - was Devi Saraswati the mother of Daksha? Or was he one more of those freak sons of Brahma?

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Posted: 16 years ago

#44

ah chandra i see u hv put lakshman urmila with thier pink wrapped kids as siggy

great going

haha

intersting quesiton though

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Vrish

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Posted: 16 years ago

#45

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Thanks. Now I have Rama, Lakshman & Shatrughan there.😆

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Deepa

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Posted: 16 years ago

#46

Originally posted by: Chandraketu
I had read Mahakali (ACK - Sati & Shiva), but you may well be right. So there's a difference between Mahakali & Bhadrakali?

I guess so! I read somewhere that Mahakali is usually associated with 10 heads and is always associated with anger and fury, while Bhadrakali is sometimes gentle too as the name suggests.

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Deepa

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Posted: 16 years ago

#47

Originally posted by: Chandraketu
One more question - was Devi Saraswati the mother of Daksha? Or was he one more of those freak sons of Brahma?

I do not think we have any references which say Devi Saraswati as the mother of Daksha or any of the other sons of Brahma. But I guess everyone goes by the rule, father's wife is mother 😉.