Pratyangira

	Pratyangira
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Suprug(a)	Sharabha

Pratyangira (sanskrt प्रत्यङ्गिरा, Prathyaṅgirā) — također zvana Atharvana Bhadrakaali, Prachanda Chandika, Narasimhi i Narashimhika^[1] — hinduistička je božica povezana sa Shakti. Ona je oblik Adi Parashakti te supruga Sharabhe.

Opisana je kao božica lavljeg lica^[2] i ljudskog tijela^[3] te predstavlja uniju Šive i Shakti. Ona u sebi sadrži destruktivnu moć Višnua, Šive i Shakti. Ta kombinacija lavljeg i ljudskog oblika predstavlja ravnotežu dobra i zla.

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Izvori i bilješke

↑ "Sri Maha Pratyangira Devi: The Goddess to Counter Black Magic". Indiadivine.org. http://www.indiadivine.org/news/hindu-gods-and-goddesses/sri-maha-pratyangira-devi-the-goddess-to-count-r267 Pristupljeno 14. lipanj 2014.
↑ Michael Steinberg (2012). In the land of temples: Notes from a South Indian pilgrimage. str. 32. „It is a temple to Maha Pratyangira, a particularly ferocious manifestation of the goddess in which she has the head of a lion.”
↑ Sri Maha Pratyangira Devi

[1] "Sri Maha Pratyangira Devi: The Goddess to Counter Black Magic". Indiadivine.org. http://www.indiadivine.org/news/hindu-gods-and-goddesses/sri-maha-pratyangira-devi-the-goddess-to-count-r267 Pristupljeno 14. lipanj 2014.

[2] Michael Steinberg (2012). In the land of temples: Notes from a South Indian pilgrimage. str. 32. „It is a temple to Maha Pratyangira, a particularly ferocious manifestation of the goddess in which she has the head of a lion.”

[3] Sri Maha Pratyangira Devi

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