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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 704 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DURGA , or DEvl (See also:

Sanskrit for inaccessible), in See also:Hindu See also:mythology, the wife of See also: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 are offered bloody sacrifices, and such ceremonies as the Durgapuja and Churrukpuga are held in her See also:honour (see See also:KALI). The See also:chief festival in Bengal—sometimes termed the See also:Christmas of Bengal—celebrates the goddess's See also:birth in the See also:sixth Hindu See also:month (parts of See also:September and See also:October). Durga is pictured, in spite of her fierce nature, with a See also:gentle See also:face. She has ten arms, holding each a weapon, while her attendant lions and giants are grouped on each See also:side.

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