Durga

Summary

Durga is a Devi^[1]. She ranks in the top 3% of devi entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,451 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• A child of Durga was Ashokasundari^[3].
• Durga's image is recorded as 332 Durga-alone.png^[4].
• Durga is recorded as female^[5].
• Durga's instance of is recorded as Devi^[6].
• Durga's instance of is recorded as war deity^[7].
• Durga's instance of is recorded as form of Parvati^[8].
• Durga's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 62347924^[9].
• Durga's GND ID is recorded as 118941143^[10].
• Durga's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2017244199^[11].
• Durga's Commons category is recorded as Durga^[12].
• Durga's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-দুর্গা.wav^[13].
• Durga's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1571 (mar)-Neelima64-दुर्गा.wav^[14].
• Durga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0pjkv^[15].
• Durga's IPA transcription is recorded as d̪uɾ.ɡɑː^[16].
• Durga's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Durga^[17].
• Durga's worshipped by is recorded as Hinduism^[18].
• Durga's worshipped by is recorded as Shaivism^[19].
• Durga's worshipped by is recorded as Tantra^[20].
• Durga's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Durga's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• Durga's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[23].
• Durga's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• Durga's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Durga's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Durga^[26].
• Durga's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'दुर्गा'}^[27].

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Personal Life

A child of Durga was Ashokasundari^[3].

Why It Matters

Durga ranks in the top 3% of devi entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,451 views/month).^[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] She is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]