DURGA  , or DEvl (See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit for inaccessible), in See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the wife of See also:

• SIVA

Siva (q.v.) and daughter of Himavat (the Himalayas) . She has many names and many characters . As Durga (so named from having slain the demon Durga) she is warlike and ferocious, and to her in this See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form are offered bloody sacrifices, and such ceremonies as the Durgapuja and Churrukpuga are held in her See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour (see See also:

• KALI (black)

KALI) . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief festival in See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal—sometimes termed the See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas of Bengal—celebrates the goddess's See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth in the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth Hindu See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month (parts of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September and See also:

• OCTOBER

October) . Durga is pictured, in spite of her fierce nature, with a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face . She has ten arms, holding each a weapon, while her attendant lions and giants are grouped on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side .