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नवकन्यका

   { navakanyakā(s) }
Script: Devanagari

नवकन्यका     

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English
NAVAKANYAKĀ(S)   An important item of Navarātripūjā (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 undeṛ Kumārīpūjā).

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