{"id":140,"date":"2010-02-14T13:01:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T18:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=140"},"modified":"2014-08-26T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T18:08:13","slug":"hindu-god-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/hindu-god-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu God of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935<\/strong> is the Hindu god of love. In Hindu art he is depicted as a young man wielding a bow and arrow. The bow is made of sugarcane and attracts honeybees, while the arrows are decorated with flowers. The various symbols associated with \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935<\/strong> are the spring season, bees, parrots, and cuckoo birds. In Hindu legends, \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935<\/strong> weds \u0930\u0924\u093f<\/strong>, who is depicted with a lotus flower.<\/p>\n

A famous story involving \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935 <\/strong>is actually about his death.\u00a0\u0936\u093f\u0935<\/strong>, a major Hindu god, became a hermit and abandoned the affairs of the world. \u0936\u093f\u0935 <\/strong>(pictured left), lost interest in life after his wife\u00a0\u00a0\u0938\u0924\u0940<\/strong> had died. In an attempt to break \u0936\u093f\u0935 <\/strong>out of his trance, the young maiden \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0924\u0940<\/strong> employed\u00a0 \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935 <\/strong>to strike \u0936\u093f\u0935 <\/strong>with the arrows of love. Unfortunately, \u0936\u093f\u0935 <\/strong>was not amused. He incinerated \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935 <\/strong>and the god of love died on the spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

The earth soon became barren and lifeless. \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0924\u0940<\/strong> (pictured left), managed to get \u0936\u093f\u0935 <\/strong>to marry her and she pleaded \u0936\u093f\u0935 <\/strong>to bring the god of love back from the dead. From then on the world was full of lush flowers and\u00a0buzzing bees (which is why the god of love is depicted with flowers and bees). As a result, \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935 <\/strong>is not only about love itself, but of life as well. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As a side note, \u0938\u0924\u0940<\/strong>, who is the first wife of\u00a0\u0936\u093f\u0935<\/strong>, is also a goddess that Hindu women worship. \u0938\u0924\u0940<\/strong> is the goddess of marital bliss. Hindu women pray to this goddess for the long and healthy life of their husbands. In the stories involving \u0938\u0924\u0940<\/strong>, an argument ensures between \u0938\u0924\u0940<\/strong> and her father. The father of \u0938\u0924\u0940<\/strong> was displeased about the choice of \u0936\u093f\u0935 <\/strong>as a husband for his daughter \u0938\u0924\u0940<\/strong>. Consumed with rage and saddness, \u0938\u0924\u0940<\/strong> burned herself alive. The name \u0938\u0924\u0940 <\/strong>is also named after a practice in which Indian widows burn themselves alive to follow their husbands to the afterworld. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935 is the Hindu god of love. In Hindu art he is depicted as a young man wielding a bow and arrow. The bow is made of sugarcane and attracts honeybees, while the arrows are decorated with flowers. The various symbols associated with \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935 are the spring season, bees, parrots, and cuckoo birds. In…<\/p>\n

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