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9 articles in the archive discuss Durga, from The Indian Historical Quarterly, Journal of Indian History and Culture, Sambodhi (1928–2020). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

9 articles

Articles discussing Durga

  1. Niruktavarttika—a lost Treatise

    Bishnupada Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1950

    “Ic is much tobe regretted that the anonymous work Niruwkta-varttika, quotations from which so frequently occur in the commentaries of Durga and Skandasvamin, is not extant.”
  2. Mahisha and Durga: Buffalo Demon Legend

    Nanditha C. Krishna · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2005

    “Durga  was a non-Vedic goddess. Apart from the lack of similar goddesses in the Vedic tradition, early references to Durga  associate her with the Vindhyas, giving her the epithet Vindhyava  sin ̧@ ; tribes such as the S  abaras (contemporary Saoras) were her worshippers, and they had non-Vedic habits such as drinking blood and eating meat or offering flesh.”
  3. About a Forgotten Grammarian Dhanapala

    Neelanjana S. Shah · Sambodhi, 1975

  4. Kuṇṇāthamman: Transformation of Sapta-mātrikas

    G.B. Balaji · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2020

  5. Temples and Tree Cult in Gajapati District: Sacred Plants and Religious Practices in Indian History and Culture

    N. P. Panigrahi · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2007

  6. The Nirukta—Its Recensions

    Bishnupada Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949

    “‘the Nirukta text has undergone much interpolation and that two distinct recensions are discernible amidst पीट extant texts of the Nirukta—the one longer and the other shorter, the latter being the basis of Durga’s commentary.”
  7. The Morphology of the “Trident” Weapon

    M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 2011

  8. On the Variant Readings in AVS 3.12 as Noted in Sāyaṇa‑Bhāṣya

    Neelima Mane · Sambodhi, 1982

  9. Religion of Kavikankana Mukundarama Cakravarti

    Basanta Kumar Chatterjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928