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# 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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### [v2.c27.s3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c27.s3.71)

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:

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