Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s3.71
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s3.71
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¹ The Ephesian Diana is the twin sister of Gauri, and can have a Sanskrit derivation in Devianna, ‘the goddess of food,’ contracted Deanna, though commonly Anna-de or Anna-devi, and Annapurna, ‘filling with food,’ or the nourisher, the name applied by ‘the mother of mankind,’ when she places the repast before the messenger of heaven: