Aparna (mythology)
Aparna ( Sanskrit अपर्णा aparṇā "leafless") is in Indian mythology the daughter of Himavat , the god of snow and the Himalayas and the Mena .
Her sisters were Ekaparna and Ekapatala . All three sisters engaged in extreme ascetic exercises ( tapas ). Ekapatala ( ekapāṭalā "a patala") lived on a single small tree ( Bignonia suaveolens , Sanskrit पाटल pāṭala ), Ekaparna ( ekaparṇā "a parna "; Sanskrit पर्ण parṇa "leaf") lived on a leaf, Aparna ("no leaf") however, lived on nothing. This finally caused her worried mother to stop her exaggerating asceticism by shouting “u mā” (“oh no, don't do it!”) .
Her other name, Uma , is derived from this exclamation , under which she became the wife of Shiva , who is God and protector of asceticism and a role model for all yogis. Shiva's wife is better known as Parvati . Hence Uma and Aparna are nicknames of the Parvati.
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literature
- Roshen Dalal: Hinduism. An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin, New Delhi 2010, ISBN 0-14-341421-6 , p. 34.
- Aparna . In: John Dowson : A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Trübner & co., London 1879, pp. 18-19 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ aparṇā . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 51, col. 3 .
