Durga (English Wikipedia)

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Example Sanskrit original: "अहन्निन्द्रो अदहदग्निरिन्दो पुरा दस्यून्मध्यंदिनादभीके। दुर्गे दुरोणे क्रत्वा न यातां पुरू सहस्रा शर्वा नि बर्हीत्॥३॥ – Rigveda 4.28.8, Wikisource Archived 5 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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Calo, Ambra (2020). "Durga Mahiṣāsuramardinī dalam konteks agama Buddha Tantrayana dari Subkontinen India Utara dan Bali pada abad ke-11" [Durgā Mahiṣāsuramardinī in Likely Tantric Buddhist Context from the Northern Indian Subcontinent to 11th-Century Bali] (PDF). Pratu: Journal of Buddhist and Hindu Art, Architecture and Archaeology of Ancient to Premodern Southeast Asia. 1 (3): 1–20.

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Niyogi, Puspa (1977). "Cundā - a Popular Buddhist Goddess". East and West. 27 (1/4). Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (IsIAO): 299–308. ISSN 0012-8376. JSTOR 29756386.

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apnews.com (Global: 101^st place; English: 62^nd place)

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

britannica.com (Global: 37^th place; English: 64^th place)

degruyter.com (Global: 927^th place; English: 757^th place)

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

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indiatimes.com (Global: 31^st place; English: 19^th place)

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

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