http://www.goddessaday.com/hindu/dhumavati My quest for the ten thousand names of the Goddess. Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:03:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.goddessaday.com/hindu/dhumavati/comment-page-1#comment-7802 sabrina Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:10:32 +0000 http://www.goddessaday.com/?p=311#comment-7802 Thank you for the information, Liz. I do the best I can, but I find that especially with the Hindu Goddesses, sometimes it's hard to tell where one ends and another begins. Thank you for the information, Liz. I do the best I can, but I find that especially with the Hindu Goddesses, sometimes it’s hard to tell where one ends and another begins.

]]> http://www.goddessaday.com/hindu/dhumavati/comment-page-1#comment-7800 Liz Hazel Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:53:27 +0000 http://www.goddessaday.com/?p=311#comment-7800 Dhumavati is separate and different than Jyestha and Alakshmi. Dhumavati is specifically a widow. Jyestha was married and abandoned by her husband. Jyestha means "eldest" as she was the first thing born during the churning of the oceans. Her birth was preceded by the spreading of a virulent poison, so she was afterwards associated with bad luck, aka, Alakshmi. Lakshmi and Alakshmi are sisters, born during the same ocean-churning event. Dhumavati is quite a different goddess, although there are some similarities (the crow & broom are distinctive, but not conclusive). Dhumavati is separate and different than Jyestha and Alakshmi. Dhumavati is specifically a widow. Jyestha was married and abandoned by her husband. Jyestha means “eldest” as she was the first thing born during the churning of the oceans. Her birth was preceded by the spreading of a virulent poison, so she was afterwards associated with bad luck, aka, Alakshmi. Lakshmi and Alakshmi are sisters, born during the same ocean-churning event. Dhumavati is quite a different goddess, although there are some similarities (the crow & broom are distinctive, but not conclusive).

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