Anna-Purna

Anna-Purna
   In Vedic myth an aspect of Parvati, wife of Siva. The name means ‘Full of Food’, and it is for her capacity for providing this that she is worshipped. She is depicted seated on a water-lily, holding a dish of rice in one hand and a spoon in the other.

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