Panchajani
U hinduističkoj mitologiji, Panchajani (Pāncajanī) jedna je od božica (devi) te majka mnogih bogova i božica. Jedna je od supruga boga Dakshe (दक्ष).[1]
Panchajanino ime znači „načinjena od pet elemenata”.[2]
Brahmin sin Dakṣa oženio je Panchajani[3] te su iz njihove svete veze rođeni sinovi[4] i kćeri.[5] Dakṣa je zatražio od sinova da stvore još živih bića.
Panchajanine su najslavnije kćeri Aditi (majka deva), Diti (majka asura), Kṛttikā[6] i Rohini (omiljena žena boga Mjeseca, Chandre).[7]
- ↑ Vasudeva Sharana Agrawala. 1963. Matsya-Purāṇa: A Study. All-India Kashiraj Trust. "Then Daksha begot on his wife Panchajani 1000 sons."
- ↑ Vijay Kumar (2005). Baby Names for Girls. Lotus Press. str. 65.
- ↑ Matsya Purana
- ↑ The sacred scriptures of India, Opseg 4. 2009. Anmol Publications.
- ↑ Vinay Kr Sinha (2019). My Concept Of Hinduism: A Revisit of the Indian Myths and Stories. Notion Press.
- ↑ Edward Moor. The Hindu Pantheon.
- ↑ Devdutt Pattanaik (2003). Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols, and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent. "The moon god Chandra was married to twenty-seven daughters of the priest king Daksha, but he preferred only one: Rohini."