मंगल
maMgala
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मंगल«word3»↶P477L↷MAṄGALA
.
A
deity
in
the
form
of
kuja
or
Planet
Mars.
There
are
different
versions
in
the
Purāṇas
regarding
the
birth
of
maṅgala.(1)
satī
committed
suicide
at
the
Dakṣayāga
and
śiva
greatly
griefstricken
at
the
loss
of
his
wife
started
penance.
A
sweat
drop
fell
from
the
forehead
of
śiva
doing
severe
penance
and
maṅgala
was
the
son
born
of
that
drop.
śiva
then
installed
maṅgala
among
the
Navagrahas
and
according
to
the
science
of
astrology
this
Graha
is
considered
the
protector
of
the
landed
property
and
the
wife
of
a
person.
(śiva
purāṇa,
rudra
saṁhitā
1-10
and
skanda
purāṇa
4-1-17).(2)
śiva
married
Vikeśī
daughter
of
hiraṇyākṣa.
One
day
while
they
were
engaged
in
sexual
plays
agni
came
to
their
presence.
Enraged
at
this
the
eyes
of
śiva
blazed
with
anger
and
a
drop
of
hot
water
from
his
eyes
fell
on
the
face
of
Vikeśī
and
she
became
pregnant.
After
some
days
Vikeśī
found
it
impossible
to
bear
the
embryo
of
śiva
thus
formed
and
she
aborted
it.
A
child
was
born
and
the
goddess
of
earth
took
it
and
fed
it
with
breast
milk.
It
was
that
child
who
later
on
became
maṅgala.
(skanda
purāṇa).(3)
maṅgala
was
born
of
the
blood
drops
of
śiva.
(bhaviṣya
purāṇa).(4)
maṅgala
was
the
son
of
bharadvāja.
(Gaṇeśa
purāṇa).(5)
maṅgala
was
the
son
of
Bhūmidevī.
devas,
sages,
Brāhmaṇas,
Manus
and
Gandharvas
all
worshipped
bhūmi
at
the
time
of
Varāhakalpa.
It
is
also
said
in
the
Vedas
that
Bhūmidevī
is
the
wife
of
Mahāviṣṇu's
incarnation
as
varāha.
maṅgala
alias
the
planet
Mars
was
born
to
Bhūmidevī
of
Mahāviṣṇu
as
varāha.
(9th
skandha.
devī
bhāgavata).
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↶2:118↷Maṅgala
is
the
name
of
a
teacher
in
the
baudhāyana
śrauta
sūtra
(xxvi.
2).