Ayomukhi, Ayomukhī: 3 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: The Matsya-purāṇaAyomukhī (अयोमुखी) is the name of a mind-born ‘divine mother’ (mātṛ), created for the purpose of drinking the blood of the Andhaka demons, according to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.8. The Andhaka demons spawned out of every drop of blood spilled from the original Andhakāsura (Andhaka-demon). According to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.35, “Most terrible they (e.g., Ayomukhī) all drank the blood of those Andhakas and become exceedingly satiated.”
The Matsyapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 20,000 metrical verses, dating from the 1st-millennium BCE. The narrator is Matsya, one of the ten major avatars of Viṣṇu.
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaAyomukhī (अयोमुखी).—A Rākṣasa woman. She met Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa on their way to Mataṃgāśrama in search of Sītā, and requested Lakṣmaṇa to marry her. Lakṣmaṇa, as in the case of Śūrpaṇakhā cut off her nose and breasts and drove her away. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Chapter 69).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Ayomukhī (अयोमुखी).—A mother goddess.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 179. 29.
1b) The wife of Vighna.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 59. 13; Vāyu-purāṇa 84. 13.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Full-text: Vighna.
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