Mhasoba
Mhasoba, pronounced "MUH-SO-BAA", is a horned buffalo deity of pastoral tribes in Western and Southern India.[1][2][3] In Maharashtra, many Gawlis (tribes making their living cow-herding and by selling milk and milk products) have been worshipping this deity for hundreds of years. [4]
Mhasoba is sometime connected with Shiva,[2] who may have been a pre-Hindu deity adopted by Hindu culture. In the Mhasoba cult of Maharashtra, Mhasoba (Mahisha/Mahesha, which is another name for Shiva/Shankar) is worshipped with his wife Jogubai (Durga).[5][6]
References
- ^ Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1990). The tribes and castes of Bombay, Volume 1. Asian Educational Services. p. 319. ISBN 978-81-206-0630-2.
- ^ a b Drury, Nevill (2004). The dictionary of the esoteric: 3000 entries on the mystical and occult traditions. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 285. ISBN 978-81-208-1989-4.
- ^ Fuller, Christopher John (2004). The camphor flame: popular Hinduism and society in India. Princeton University Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-691-12048-5.
- ^ Berkson, Carmel (1995). The divine and demoniac: Mahisa's heroic struggle with Durga. Oxford University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-19-563555-3.
- ^ Berkson; pg. xiii
- ^ Kosambi, Damodar Dharmanand (1962). Myth and reality: studies in the formation of Indian culture. Popular Prakashan. p. 90. ISBN 978-81-7154-870-5.
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