Devi Quotes
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Shimla was annexed by the British in 1819, after the Gurkha war. At that time it was known for the temple of Hindu Goddess Shyamala Devi.
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More Devi Quotes
Rukmini Devi Arundale was an invaluable contributant to the rebirth of Bharata Natyam as an accepted dance form, removing the unpleasant eroticism of dasi attam , and like Queen Santala of the eleventh century, showing that dance is a means of expression for all and is a true form of beauty.
— From BhAratiya Vidhya Bhavan recordS Quoted IN Hae-kyung Um (21 July 2004). Diasporas and Interculturalism in Asian Performing Arts: Translating Traditions. Routledge. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-0-203-64190-3.
Those that do not worship the Devi , go to Naraka or hell:;; moreover they suffer much from various diseases in this world . Those that do not worship the Devi are always defeated by their enemies , are void of wife and sons, become stupid and suffer pains from their unsatisfied desires .
— Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, in Baman Das Basu The Sacred books of the Hindus, Volume 27, Part 1, Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd
Vishnu is said to be beyond purusa and prakriti or to include both. … prakriti, like maya and shakti , in the Bhagavata, is something Vishnu possesses and controls. With prakriti becoming a goddess , or even identified with the Goddess, Devi , the old Samkhyan dualism, between a conscious spirit-person and an active but insentient material force was basically transcended “from the ground up.” P.30
— Devi-Bhagavata, in The Triumph of the Goddess: The Canonical Models and Theological Visions of ... (29 August 1990), p.30
Ah! la mia lista Doman mattina D'una decina Devi aumentar!
— Ah, by tomorrow morning a dozen names must be added to my list!
— Don Giovanni, Act I, sc. xv, translation pp. 163-5.
