A Wikipedia article on Varahi, one of the Sapta Matrikas, the seven mother goddesses of Hindu tradition, describing her sow-faced iconography, her creation from Vishnu's boar avatar Varaha, her fifth position among the Matrikas, and her continuing worship among Shaivas, Vaishnavas and Shaktas. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Reliability Tier3
A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here for iconography and cult status that a specialist Hindu-studies work would confirm the same way; matches the tier already carried by the atlas's general Matrikas Wikipedia source. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varahi
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names The Sapta Matrikas directly: "A Wikipedia article on Varahi, one of the Sapta Matrikas, the seven mother goddesses of Hindu tradition, describing her sow-faced iconography, her creation from Vishnu's boar avatar Varaha, her..."
Source Varahi (Wikipedia)
This source names Varaha directly: "her creation from Vishnu's boar avatar Varaha, her fifth position among the Matrikas, and her continuing worship among Shaivas, Vaishnavas and Shaktas."
Source Varahi (Wikipedia)
This source names Varahi directly: "A Wikipedia article on Varahi, one of the Sapta Matrikas, the seven mother goddesses of Hindu tradition, describing her sow-faced iconography, her creation from Vishnu's boar avatar Varaha, her..."
Source Varahi (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Deities, 13 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
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