Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1465
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1465
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NAVAKANYAKĀ(S). An important item of Navarātri-pūjā (A festival of 9 days, as observed by Śakti worshippers) is the worship of virgins. The nine kinds of virgins (from two to ten years in age) thus worshipped are called Navakanyakās (nine virgins). (See under Kumārīpūjā).