Brahmacarini

Brahmacarini
Dewi pengabdian dan petapaan
Afiliasiawatara Durga dan Parwati
PustakaDewibhagawatapurana, Dewigita
MantraOṁ devī brahmacāriṇyai namaḥ
Simbolkamandalu, teratai, rudraksa, japamala
KepercayaanHindu
AliranSakta

Brahmacarini (Dewanagari: ब्रह्मचारिणी; ,IASTBrahmacāriṇī, ब्रह्मचारिणी) adalah salah satu dewi dalam agama Hindu, yang merupakan salah satu manifestasi Mahadewi, dalam wujud petapa perempuan.[1] Ia merupakan manifestasi kedua di antara sembilan Durga (Nawadurga), dan dipuja pada hari kedua dalam rangkaian festival Nawaratri.[2]

Dalam bentuk arca, Brahmacarini digambarkan mengenakan pakaian putih, membawa japamala di tangan kanan dan sebuah kamandalu di tangan kirinya.[3]

Referensi

  1. ^ McDaniel, June (2004). Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls : Popular Goddess Worship in West Bengal: Popular Goddess Worship in West Bengal. Oxford University Press. hlm. 106–107. ISBN 978-0-19-534713-5.
  2. ^ Manohar Laxman Varadpande (2005), History of Indian Theatre: Classical theatre, Abhinav, ISBN 978-8170174301, page 54
  3. ^ Taylor, Patrick; Case, Frederick I. (2013-04-30). The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions: Volume 1: A - L; Volume 2: M - Z (dalam bahasa Inggris). University of Illinois Press. hlm. 330. ISBN 978-0-252-09433-0.

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