Jagdamba
{{short description|Hindu goddess epithet}}
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Jagadamba ({{Langx|sa|जगदम्बा|lit=mother of the world|translit=Jagadambā}}) is an epithet used to address a Hindu goddess, primarily applied to Durga,{{Cite book |last=Dalal |first=Roshen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 |pages=125 |language=en}} Lakshmi and Parvati in literature.{{cite book |title= Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations |last= Tate |first= Karen |year= 2005 |publisher= CCC Publishing |page= 197 |isbn= 9781888729177 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=b7KbLLjzuRgC&q=ambabai+temple+kolhapur&pg=PA197}}
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Literature
= Ramcharitmanas =
In Ramcharitmanas, a version of the Ramayana by Tulsidas, after Angada meets Ravana, the latter remarks thus:{{cite book|title=Shri Rama: The Man and His Mission|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I933ejBYk8UC|page=87|author=G. N. Das|publisher=Abhinav Publications|year=1998|isbn=978-8170173632}}{{cite book|title=Gosvāmī Tulasīdāsakr̥ta Śrīrāmacaritamānasa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYYLAQAAMAAJ|page=592|author=R. C. Dwivedi|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1994| isbn=978-81-208-0443-2 }}
नृप अभिमान मोह बस किंबा।
हरि आनिहु सीता जगदंबा॥
अब सुभ कहा सुनहु तुम्ह मोरा।
सब अपराध छमिहि प्रभु तोरा॥
सादर जनकसुता करि आगें।
एहि बिधि चलहु सकल भय त्यागें॥
This translates to:
"O King of Lanka, either out of pride or lust you had kidnapped Jagdamba (mother of the world) Sita, wife of Hari (Rama). The best course now would be to proceed with Shri Sita to restore her to Shri Rama without any apprehension".{{cite book|title=Gosvāmī Tulasīdāsakr̥ta Śrīrāmacaritamānasa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYYLAQAAMAAJ|page=592|author=R. C. Dwivedi|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1994| isbn=978-81-208-0443-2 }}{{cite book|title=Shri Rama: The Man and His Mission|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I933ejBYk8UC|page=87|author=G. N. Das|publisher=Abhinav Publications|year=1998|isbn=978-8170173632}}
Temples
- Devi Jagadambi Temple, is a temple dedicated to goddess Parvati at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Mahalakshmi Ambabai Temple, is a temple dedicated to goddess Lakshmi in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
- Shree Jagadamba Devi Temple in Kasaragod, Kerala, India
- Shri Mahalakshmi Jagdamba Mandir Koradi in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India