Meldi Mata

Meldi Mata
Dewi pertanian dan rumah tangga
Genderwanita
AfiliasiDewi
Wahanakambing[1][2]
Pemujaan
KepercayaanHindu Gujarat
DaerahGujarat, India Barat

Meldi Mata adalah salah satu dewi dalam agama Hindu yang merupakan dewi rumah tangga[3] yang melindungi lahan pertanian.[4] Dia terutama masyhur di negara bagian Gujarat, India sebelah barat.[5][6][7][8] Dia dewi yang dipuja oleh kaum petani Hindu Gujarat[9] dan masyarakat Chunvalia Koli.[10] Dia digambarkan dengan delapan lengan yang membawa aneka senjata.[11]

Referensi

  1. ^ Larson, Gerald James; Pal, Pratapaditya; Smith, H. Daniel (1997). Changing Myths and Images: Twentieth-century Popular Art in India (dalam bahasa Inggris). India Studies Program, Indiana University. ISBN 978-1-56727-006-8.
  2. ^ Dwyer, Rachel (2013-09-12). What Do Hindus Believe? (dalam bahasa Inggris). Granta Books. ISBN 978-1-84708-940-3.
  3. ^ Kumar, Naresh (2003). Encyclopaedia of Folklore and Folktales of South Asia (dalam bahasa Inggris). Anmol Publications. ISBN 978-81-261-1400-9.
  4. ^ "Gods outside temples". Mumbai Mirror (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 2022-10-11.
  5. ^ Gujarat (India) (1977). Gazetteers: Surendranagar District (dalam bahasa Inggris). Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications.
  6. ^ "सौराष्ट्र निवासिनी मेलडी माता हैं कलियुग की महाशक्ति". Zee News Hindi (dalam bahasa Hindi). 2020-12-16. Diakses tanggal 2022-10-11.
  7. ^ Gujarat (India) (1975). Gujarat State Gazetteers: Junagadh (dalam bahasa Inggris). Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State.
  8. ^ Gujarat (dalam bahasa Inggris). Popular Prakashan. 2003. ISBN 978-81-7991-106-8.
  9. ^ Desai, Govindbhai Hathibhai (1932). Hindu Families in Gujarat: Being an Account of Their Domestic, Social and Economic Life (dalam bahasa Inggris). Baroda State Press.
  10. ^ Tambs-Lyche, Harald (1996-12-31). Power, Profit, and Poetry: Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India (dalam bahasa Inggris). Manohar Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7304-176-1.
  11. ^ Joshi, Om Prakash (1994). Gods of Heaven, Home of Gods: A Study of Popular Prints (dalam bahasa Inggris). Illustrated Book Publishers. ISBN 978-81-85683-05-8.

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