first reference to Durga; first reference to sindur

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

21 02 09
RV Khila 4.2.13a(Scheftelowitz 112); post-RV
T.Ara.nyaka 10.1; very late Vedic; reading not very certain;
Matsya-Puraa.na 93.16 1st millennium CE 1st half?
DB

--- On Fri, 20/2/09, Benjamin Slade <ingeardagum at YAHOO.CO.UK> wrote:

From: Benjamin Slade <ingeardagum at YAHOO.CO.UK>
Subject: first reference to Durga; first reference to sindur
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Date: Friday, 20 February, 2009, 2:52 AM

(1) Durga

Wondering about the earliest references for two things:

(1) Durga

(2) the use of sindur, particularly as used in the hair parting by married
women

 
thanks,---
Benjamin Slade ( http://www.jnanam.net/slade/ )
Dept. of Linguistics,
University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign


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