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Rajarajesvari, Queen-of-Queens.
R*J1R*J]SV1RE
Alternate meanings: Mistress-of-the-World.
[to Whom the eleventh day of October, day 284, is dedicated]

Geography/Culture: Hindustani.
Description: Great Goddess; Ruler of the universe; She Who embodies the transcendant knowledge that sustains the world.


Bhuvanesvari, Mistress-of-the-World.
BHUV1NESV1RE
Alternate meaning: Ruler-of-the-World.

Geography/Culture: Hindustani: Orissa.
Description: Goddess of creation and the transcendental knowledge that sustains the world; Ever youthful Primordial One; She Who represents the forces of, and is the cause of, the material world; Mother of countless creatures; She Who is manifest in earth, water, fire, ether, the sacrificer, the sun and the moon; She Who delights the whole universe by Her glances; She Who is full of tenderness; Tutelary four-armed Goddess of Orissa.
An epithet of many Goddesses.
To Whom Sacred: fragrant flowers; sandal paste ground with cool water and powdered camphor; the colour of the rising sun; rosary; pitcher; book.
Iconography: She sometimes holds a noose and a goad.
Male Associate: consort, Sabdabrahman.

Sources: Stutley HDH 48, 172; WJ.HGHK
worked on: September 1995; July 1991.
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