Religion:Phul Mata
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Phul Mata is a Hindu goddess of disease, one of a group of seven sister goddesses with similar associations. Her sisters were Sitala Mata, Chamariya mata, Durga Kali, Maha Kali, Bhadra kali and Kalika Bhavani.[1][2][3] As a group, they were well known in northern India, and were often represented by balls of clay.[4][5] Phul Mata was specifically associated with typhoid fever.[6]
Phul Mata is mentioned in epic and Puranic Hindu literature.[7] She may have originally been perceived as a shakti, a personification of divine power, but in Hinduism gradually became associated with evil intent and illness. She was said to inflict sickness on children under seven years of age.[8]
Sources
- ↑ Reddy, Prof Katta Narasimha; Reddy, Prof E. Siva Nagi; Naik, Prof K. Krishna (2023-01-31) (in en). Kalyana Mitra: Volume 10. Blue Rose Publishers. https://books.google.com/books?id=0rCqEAAAQBAJ&dq=Chamariya+as+one+of+the+seven+sisters+of+Sitala&pg=PA217.
- ↑ Ferrari, Fabrizio M. (2014-11-20) (in en). Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India: The Healing Power of Sitala. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-9872-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=zH0eBQAAQBAJ&dq=Chamariya+as+one+of+the+seven+sisters+of+Sitala&pg=PT63.
- ↑ (in de) Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 1905. https://books.google.com/books?id=bMkfAQAAIAAJ&dq=Chamariya+as+one+of+the+seven+sisters+of+Sitala&pg=PA747.
- ↑ (in en) Indian studies: past & present. 1970. https://books.google.com/books?id=jAq2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22phulmata%22+-wikipedia.
- ↑ Hastings, James (1928) (in en). Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. Scribner. https://books.google.com/books?id=RehXAAAAYAAJ&q=%22phulmata%22+-wikipedia.
- ↑ (in en) Economic and Political Weekly. Sameeksha Trust. 1989. https://books.google.com/books?id=W8YXAQAAMAAJ&q=%22phul+mata%22+-wikipedia.
- ↑ Jordan, Michael (2014-05-14) (in en). Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438109855. https://books.google.com/books?id=aqDC5bwx4_wC&dq=%22phul+mata%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA247.
- ↑ Stutley, Margaret (2006) (in en). Hindu Deities: A Mythological Dictionary with Illustrations. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 9788121511643. https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1MvAAAAYAAJ&q=%22phul+mata%22+-wikipedia.
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