[Y-Indology] goddess having more than one husband/lover

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"Alexandra Kafka" <alexandra.kafka

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Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:18 PM

[Y-Indology] goddess having more than one husband/lover

 

 

> Often male deities have more than one wife/lover, most famous in this

regard may be Krishna with his 16 000 Gopis.

 

Since reading about it in Krishna Chaitanya, I have been meaning to look up

the Sanskrit of a Bhagavatapurana passage which he mentions. One night

Krsna is supposed to have fornicated with ten trillion cowgirls,

facilitating this marvellous labor by multiplying his own body. I want to

have a look at these firgures myself. Most interesting will be to see

whether it says that Krsna multiplied his own body ten trillionfold, or

whether he chose a smaller number and merely multiplied the partners of

each.

 

Phillip

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What about Draupadi? She is sometimes worshipped as a goddess.

 

Valerie J Roebuck

Manchester, UK

 

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"Alexandra Kafka" <alexandra.kafka

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Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:18 PM

[Y-Indology] goddess having more than one husband/lover

 

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> > Often male deities have more than one wife/lover, most famous in this

>regard may be Krishna with his 16 000 Gopis.

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>Since reading about it in Krishna Chaitanya, I have been meaning to look up

>the Sanskrit of a Bhagavatapurana passage which he mentions. One night

>Krsna is supposed to have fornicated with ten trillion cowgirls,

>facilitating this marvellous labor by multiplying his own body. I want to

>have a look at these firgures myself. Most interesting will be to see

>whether it says that Krsna multiplied his own body ten trillionfold, or

>whether he chose a smaller number and merely multiplied the partners of

>each.

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"Valerie J Roebuck" <vjroebuck

 

 

 

| What about Draupadi? She is sometimes worshipped as a goddess.

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| Valerie J Roebuck

| Manchester, UK

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Does that make gods of Pandavas?

Rajesh Kochhar

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"Rajesh Kochhar" <rkk

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Monday, June 30, 2003 1:20 AM

Re: [Y-Indology] goddess having more than one husband/lover

 

 

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> | What about Draupadi? She is sometimes worshipped as a goddess.

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> | Valerie J Roebuck

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> $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

> Does that make gods of Pandavas?

> Rajesh Kochhar

 

These are obviously questions for the mighty Alf Hiltebeitel, but if he is

lurking on this list, he has been as silent and unobtrusive as the sons of

Madri.

 

Phillip

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INDOLOGY, Rajesh Kochhar <rkk@N...> wrote:

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> | What about Draupadi? She is sometimes worshipped as a goddess.

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> | Valerie J Roebuck

> | Manchester, UK

> $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

> Does that make gods of Pandavas?

> Rajesh Kochhar

 

 

Draupadi is definitely considered a goddess since the worship of

Draupadi Amman and the associated cult is widespread in the south

India.

 

To some extent, all the good guys in mahabharatha like the Pandavas

do have a semi divine if not a divine status.