Also known as:
Devi, Kali, Mahishasuramardini, Parvati, Uma
DURGA. - D. "the Inaccessible," is one of the most common names of Umā, the consort of the god Śiva, also called Devī, the goddess par excellence; Kālī, the Black One; Pārvatī, the Mountain-Dweller, etc.
Her nature is at once benevolent and malevolent, gentle and cruel, because in her figure the characteristics of various aboriginal deities of India are imperfectly fused. As Pārvatī, Umā is a peaceful mountain nymph; as D. she is the vanquisher of the asuras or demons, and her deeds are the subject of the Devīmāhātmya or "Praise of the Goddess," which is inserted in the Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa (chaps. 81-93) and has become the sacred text of the devotees of D.
Bibliography2 worksJ. Dowson, Devī, in A classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology, London 1879, pp. 86-88; H. Jacobi, s. v. in Enc. of Rel. and Eth., V, pp. 117
BIBL.: J. Dowson, Devī, in A classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology, London 1879, pp. 86-88; H. Jacobi, s. v. in Enc. of Rel. and Eth., V, pp. 117-19.
Belloni, Filippi Ferdinando. “Durgà.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 2011. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/durga.
MLA
Belloni, Filippi Ferdinando. “Durgà.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 2011. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/durga.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_durga,
author = {Belloni, Filippi Ferdinando},
title = {Durgà},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {2011},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/durga}
}
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