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Propitiation is the act of
appeasing or
making well-disposed a deity, thus
incurring divine favor or
avoiding divine retribution. It is
related to the...
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practised along with nat worship,
which involves elaborate rituals to
propitiate one from a
pantheon of 37 nats. In a
traditional village, the monastery...
- the
Bhagavata Purana, this
penance was
observed by the
goddess Aditi to
propitiate Vishnu.
Payovrata literally means, 'milk vow' in Sanskrit. The payovrata...
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Hiranyakashipu decided to gain a boon of
invulnerability by
performing tapas to
propitiate Brahma.
After his
subjugation of the
three worlds, he was
slain by the...
- his
temple (Delphinium)
carrying suppliant's
branches and s****ing to
propitiate Apollo,
probably as a god
having influence on the sea. It was at this...
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administer religious rites; in particular,
rites of
sacrifice to, and
propitiation of, a
deity or deities.
Their office or
position is the "priesthood"...
- beings) Surapadman, Tarakasuran, and
Singamukhan performed austerities to
propitiate the
Hindu god Shiva.
Shiva granted them
various boons which gave them...
- romanized: Varalakṣmī Vratam), also
called Varalakshmi Puja, is a
Hindu observance to
propitiate the
goddess of wealth, Lakshmi.
Varalakshmi is the
manifestation of Lakshmi...
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people of the land who
resort to the
ritual martyrdom of
priestesses to
propitiate evil.
These evil
forces and
sacrifices serve as the main
sources of conflict...
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Bhatta had
performed the
ceremony at an inau****ious hour and
neglected to
propitiate the
spirits adored in the Tantra. That was why, he said, the
queen mother...
