Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1402

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1402

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c7.1402

JAṬILA. The name assumed by Śiva when he played the part of a Brahmacārin. Pārvatī began rigorous penance to obtain Śiva as her husband, and Śiva visited her disguised as Jaṭila, a brahmacārin to test her. (Śiva Purāṇa, Śatarudrasaṃhitā).

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Śivapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit