Daksha yajna
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title:
Daksha yajna
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Dakṣayajña is an important event in Hindu mythology that is narrated in various Hindu scriptures. It refers to a yajna (ritual-sacrifice) organised by Daksha, where his daughter, Sati, immolates herself. The wrath of the god Shiva, Sati's husband, thereafter destroys the sacrificial ceremony. The tale is also called Daksha-Yajna-Nasha. The legend forms the liturgical basis of the establishment of the Shakti Pithas, the temples of Mahadevi, the supreme deity of Shaktism. It also becomes a prelude
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Hindu legend of the destruction of King Daksha's sacrifice
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daksha_yajna
date created:
2013-08-13T07:33:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T04:22:42Z
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