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Aparna

अपर्णा aparṇā

'She who took not even a leaf' - the name earned by Parvati in the Kumarasambhava when her austerities grew so severe that she gave up even the fallen leaves she had been eating.

Where this term appears

  • Who is Parvati? Deities

    She is Gauri , the fair one, whose name her festivals carry. She is Aparna , the leafless one, and that name is earned.

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