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janaknandini-singh999 · 7 months

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Lakshmi & Parvati core

In my eyes, Lakshmi is this soft, compassionate and lively girl who loves flowers, jewellery and the ocean and Parvati is a wild, carefree and fierce spirit who loves animals, the hills and rains.

Parvati and Lakshmi often go out together and on double date picnics with their husbands. All of them are besties. Parvati braids Shiva's hair as Lakshmi puts makeup and shringaar on her beloved Vishnu.

"Whenever you and your husband dance, it's the tandav of destruction. Whenever me and my husband dance, it's raas ~ the dance of pleasure. And the universe celebrates!" Lakshmi teased

Parvati pouted, "Let me show you REAL tandav and raas. Come HEREE" and chased Lakshmi all around the forest, giggling and catching her then swirling her around in her arms.

Shiva deep in meditation, sneakily opened an eye and whispered "What are they doing?"

"Ahh, nothing. Just enjoy the show! Want some?" Vishnu passed over some popcorn to him, "Oh, look! They're dancing now."

A playful innocence danced in Shiva's eyes "I also want to.." as he suddenly leapt up and started playing his damru, jogging towards them.

Vishnu ran after him, joining them as they all danced together and laughed.

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risutisumisu · 1 year

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never will there ever be a moment where i refuse to consume pani puri.

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angelopium · 2 years

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south asian women in art

#south asian #south asian aesthetic #south asian art #south asian academia #desi #desi aesthetic #desicore #desi tag #desiblr #desi academia #desi stuff #desi art #art academia #art aesthetic #south asian moodboard #desi moodboard #women #brown women #wlw

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muslimah-in-academia · 2 years

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I've been hit by a sudden stroke of inspiration, so here's some more Muslim dark academia aesthetics:

Drawing the curtains at dusk and lighting oud incense all over the house

Inhaling the scent of jasmine in a moonlit garden while waiting for the mehendi to dry

Discarding Camus for Fanon and debating fiercely about the Algerian independence movement

Reading up on the Jadidists

Dreaming up scenarios of leading new revolutions to unite the ummah

Letting the chilled droplets of Roohafza fall onto a fresh page of Arabic calligraphy

Sketching the courtyard design of the Alhambra and dreaming of birds singing under long-gone orange trees.

Reading up on Islamic influences in the works of Borges.

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kumbhakarni · 13 days

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Alas, our frailty is the cause, not we!

For such as we are made of, such we be.

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O time! thou must untangle this, not I;

It is too hard a knot for me to untie!

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halcyondaaze · 2 years

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Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past, Volume 1

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aayatunnisa · 2 years

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contentment.

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kurohananabi · 9 months

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#south asian aesthetic #desi aesthetic #desi core #mughal architecture #mughal art #lensblr #mirrorless

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saffadar · 2 years

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#tilesworkdesign #vintage aesthetic #pakistani #south asian aesthetic #eid #eidvibes #eidmoodboard #desi tumblr #desi aesthetic #desi culture #self image #pakistanaesthetics #shalwar kameez #south asia

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janaknandini-singh999 · 10 months

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The Mahavidya (Sanskrit: महाविद्या, IAST: Mahāvidyā, lit. Great Wisdoms) are a group of ten Hindu[1] Tantric goddesses.[2] The 10 Mahavidyas are usually named in the following sequence: Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshvari, Bhairavi , Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi and Kamala.[3] Nevertheless, the formation of this group encompass divergent and varied religious traditions that include yogini worship, Saivism, Vaishnavism, and Vajrayana Buddhism.[4]

Shaktas believe, "the one Truth is sensed in ten different facets; the Divine Mother is adored and approached as ten cosmic personalities," the Dasa-Mahavidya ("ten-Mahavidyas").[6] As per another school of thought in Shaktism Mahavidyas are considered to be form of Mahakali. The Mahavidyas are considered Tantric in nature, and are usually identified as:[7

1. Kali: The goddess who is the ultimate form of Brahman, and the devourer of time (Supreme Deity of Kalikula systems). Mahakali is of a pitch black complexion, darker than the dark of the dead of the night. She has three eyes, representing the past, present and future. She has shining white, fang-like teeth, a gaping mouth, and her red, bloody tongue hanging from there. She has unbound, disheveled hairs. She wears tiger skins as her garments, a garland of skulls and a garland of rosy red flowers around her neck, and on her belt, she was adorned with skeletal bones, skeletal hands as well as severed arms and hands as her ornamentation. She has four hands, two of them had the trident called the trishula and the sword and two others carried a demon head and a bowl collecting the blood dripping from a demon head.

2. Tara: The goddess who acts as a guide and a protector, and she who offers the ultimate knowledge that grants salvation. She is the goddess of all sources of energy. The energy of the sun is believed to originate from her. She manifested as the mother of Shiva after the incident of Samudra Manthana to heal him as her child. Tara is of a light blue complexion. She has disheveled hair, wearing a crown decorated with the digit of the half-moon. She has three eyes, a snake coiled comfortably around her throat, wearing the skins of tigers, and a garland of skulls. She is also seen wearing a belt supporting her skirt made of tiger-skin. Her four hands carry a lotus, scimitar, demon head and scissors. Her left foot rests on the laying down Shiva.

3. Tripura Sundari (Shodashi, Lalita): The goddess who is "beauty of the three worlds" (Supreme Deity of Srikula systems); the "Tantric Parvati" or the "Moksha Mukta". She is the ruler of Manidvipa, the eternal supreme abode of the goddess. Shodashi is seen with a molten gold complexion, three placid eyes, a calm mien, wearing red and pink vestments, adorned with ornaments on her divine limbs and four hands, each holding a goad, lotus, a bow, and arrow. She is seated on a throne.

4. Bhuvaneshvari: The goddess as the world mother, or whose body comprises all the fourteen lokas of the cosmos. Bhuvaneshvari is of a fair, golden complexion, with three content eyes as well as a calm mien. She wears red and yellow garments, decorated with ornaments on her limbs and has four hands. Two of her four hands hold a goad and noose while her other two hands are open. She is seated on a divine, celestial throne.

5. Bhairavi: The fierce goddess. The female version of Bhairava. Bhairavi is of a fiery, volcanic red complexion, with three furious eyes, and disheveled hair. Her hair is matted, tied up in a bun, decorated by a crescent moon as well as adorning two horns, one sticking out from each side. She has two protruding tusks from the ends of her bloody mouth. She wears red and blue garments and is adorned with a garland of skulls around her neck. She also wears a belt decorated with severed hands and bones attached to it. She is also decked with snakes and serpents too as her ornamentation – rarely is she seen wearing any jewelry on her limbs. Of her four hands, two are open and two hold a rosary and book.

6. Chhinnamasta: The self-decapitated goddess. She chopped her own head off in order to satisfy Jaya and Vijaya (metaphors of rajas and tamas - part of the trigunas). Chinnamasta has a red complexion, embodied with a frightful appearance. She has disheveled hair. She has four hands, two of which hold a sword and another hand holding her own severed head; three blazing eyes with a frightful mien, wearing a crown. Two of her other hands hold a lasso and drinking bowl. She is a partially clothed lady, adorned with ornaments on her limbs and wearing a garland of skulls on her body. She is mounted upon the back of a copulating couple.

7. Dhumavati: The widow goddess. Dhumavati is of a smoky dark brown complexion, her skin is wrinkled, her mouth is dry, some of her teeth have fallen out, her long disheveled hair is gray, her eyes are seen as bloodshot and she has a frightening mien, which is seen as a combined source of anger, misery, fear, exhaustion, restlessness, constant hunger and thirst. She wears white clothes, donned in the attire of a widow. She is sitting in a horseless chariot as her vehicle of transportation and on top of the chariot, there is an emblem of a crow as well as a banner. She has two trembling hands, her one hand bestows boons and/or knowledge and the other holds a winnowing basket.

8. Bagalamukhi: The goddess who paralyzes enemies. Bagalamukhi has a molten gold complexion with three bright eyes, lush black hair and a benign mien. She is seen wearing yellow garments and apparel. She is decked with yellow ornaments on her limbs. Her two hands hold a mace or club and holds demon Madanasura by the tongue to keep him at bay. She is shown seated on either a throne or on the back of a crane.

9. Matangi: The Prime Minister of Lalita (in Srikula systems), sometimes called the "Tantric Saraswati". Matangi is depicted as emerald green in complexion, with lush, disheveled black hair, three placid eyes and a calm look on her face. She is seen wearing red garments and apparel, bedecked with various ornaments all over her delicate limbs. She is seated on a royal throne and she has four hands, three of which hold a sword or scimitar, a skull and a veena (a musical instrument). Her one hand bestows boons to her devotees.

10. Kamalatmika (Kamala): The lotus goddess; sometimes called the "Tantric Lakshmi". Kamala is of a molten gold complexion with lush black hair, three bright, placid eyes, and a benevolent expression. She is seen wearing red and pink garments and apparel and bedecked with various ornaments and lotuses all over her limbs. She is seated on a fully bloomed lotus, while with her four hands, two hold lotuses while two grant her devotees' wishes and assures protection from fear.

All these Mahavidyas reside in Manidvipa.

The Mahabhagavata Purana and Brihaddharma Purana however, list Shodashi (Sodasi) as Tripura Sundari, which is simply another name for the same goddess.[9] The Guhyati guyha-tantra associates the Mahavidyas with the Dashavatara, the ten avatars of Vishnu, and states that the Mahavidyas are the source from which the avatars of Vishnu arise.

#desi aesthetic #desi tag #desiblr #desi #desi dark academia #desi culture #desi academia #desi stuff #hindu mythology #south asian aesthetic #south asian dark academia #aloukik 2023

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risutisumisu · 2 years

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i need this desi romance.

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angelopium · 5 months

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in the deep blue

#south asian moodboard #south asian aesthetic #desi <3 #desi women #desi girl #desi tag #desiblr #desi tumblr #brown culture #brown women #blue aesthetic #dark blue #indian aesthetic #indian academia #royalcore

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elviradreaminess · 1 year

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sketches inspired by south asia! 🪷

y’allllll, I always get so excited by going on Pinterest and drawing things I've never drew before! 😩💖

#My Work #South Asia #South Asian #South Asian Aesthetic #Art #Drawing #Sketch #Sketches #Original #Original Art #Original Drawing #Original Sketches #Digital #Digital Art #Digital Drawing #Digital Sketches #Digital Sketchbook

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kumbhakarni · 6 months

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And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

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katiajewelbox · 2 years

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Perfumed Garden Jewellery Set

Inspired by the colours and shapes in Indian miniature paintings, this necklace features an antique Indian silver piece with two peacocks in the centre. The colour scheme of silver, blue, teal, and purple make this a very versatile set that combines with many outfits.

Materials and techniques: Glass seed beads, fringed glass beads, sodalite round beads, flower sugilite round beads, Swarovski crystal pearls in "petrol" colour, frosted glass beads, faceted glass beads, small Swarovski crystals, fire polished glass crystals, pewter cones, antique Indian silver centrepiece, silver plated findings, silver plated headpins, steel barrette, plastic coated beading wire, polymer beadwork thread

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aayatunnisa · 2 years

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My workplace is my haven

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