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by Micha F. Lindemans

A Hindu goddess. She was the daughter of Daksha and the wife of Shiva. When Shiva was mistreated by her father, because Dakshadid not arrange a seat for him in the holy Yagna, she threw herself onto the sacrificial fire and was burned to death.