Guest guest Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Often male deities have more than one wife/lover, most famous in this regard may be Krishna with his 16 000 Gopis. Is there also an aspect of Devi, a goddess, who has more than one husband/lover? I supose not, because of the patriarchal structure of Indian society, but the question interests me. Has someone more information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 INDOLOGY, "Alexandra Kafka" <alexandra.kafka@a...> wrote: > Often male deities have more than one wife/lover, most famous in this regard may be Krishna with his 16 000 Gopis. > Is there also an aspect of Devi, a goddess, who has more than one husband/lover? > I supose not, because of the patriarchal structure of Indian society, but the question interests me. > Has someone more information? > > Radha, a consort of Krishna, was already a married woman when she came under his magic spell. Her love for the Lord is considered as an epitome of Bhakti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 INDOLOGY, "V.C.Vijayaraghavan" <vij@b...> wrote: >> > Does that make gods of Pandavas? > > Rajesh Kochhar > > > > > To some extent, all the good guys in mahabharatha like the Pandavas > do have a semi divine if not a divine status. At Har-ki-Doon (Plaksa Parsavana I guess)in the state of Uttarachal, there is a temple dedicated to Duryodhana. There is a Duryodhana temple in Malanad in Kerala too. Even if God himself in a human form sides with the good guys, the bad guys and their followers still think of themselves as The Good Guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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