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11:36 Oct 11, 2008 |
English to Hindi translations [PRO] Religion / Ways of referring to Hindu gods and goddesses | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Anindita Basu (X) India Local time: 14:33 | ||||||
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5 +1 | parameshwar (male), parameshwari (female) |
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5 | Param Pita (Supreme God) or Param Mata (Supreme Goddess) |
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5 | ब्रह्मा-विष्णु-महेश्वर |
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5 | Jagad Pita and Jag janani |
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elder or senior god(dess) Param Pita (Supreme God) or Param Mata (Supreme Goddess) Explanation: * The planetory Gods like SUN (Surya), SATURN (Shani) are referred as DEVs OR DEVTAs. Similarly, there're Food God (Anna Dev), Water God (Pani Dev), Wind (Pawan OR Vayu Dev) etc. According to Hinduism, they feed the earth planet / mankind, with some or other means as they are meant for. Similarly, there are Goddesses who are called DEVIs or MATAs in Hindi. Here MATA means Mother. According to locals, MATA may be further respectfully referred as MATA JEE or MATA DEE etc. JEE is a term often used to suffix any name, just to respectfully refer someone. * All DEVs, DEVIs are under control of senior GODs / GODDESSes, who are more like SUPREME Gods, viz. BRAHMA, VISHNU and MAHESH. They are the elder Gods as you said. The supreme deities could be referred as PARAM PITA (Supreme Father), PARAM MATA (Supreme Mother) in Hindi. Hope this clarifies your point. Please feel free to ask for any more clarifications. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 56 mins (2008-10-11 12:32:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- BRAHMA Jee's wives GAYATRI Ma, SAVITRI Ma; VISHNU Jee's wife LAXMI Ma; MAHESH Jee's wife PARVATI Ma. Ma is a short form of MATA. Aforesaid MATAs are example of Supreme Mothers |
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elder or senior god(dess) parameshwar (male), parameshwari (female) Explanation: Literally, parameshwar = param + ishwar (supreme god) and parameshwari = param + ishwari. I do not agree with the explanation of your friend regarding Jee/Maata being reserved for "elder" gods. Hanuman is routinely called HanumanJee, for example, and avatars such as Rama are called RamachandraJee or RamJee, never ever Hanuman Dev or RamDev. Similarly, Ganga is always called Ma Ganga. As far as I know, gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon are not elder/juinor but manifestations of a particular aspect. Dev, literally, means "the shining one" and its adjective form is "divya". Gods such as Agni, Pawan and Surya belong to the Rig Vedic times when gods such as Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh had not yet attained their "present" forms. During the Rig Vedic times, almost all gods were referred to as "shining". |
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