Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- தேவனுடைய வல்லமை
- Transliteration
- Devanudaiya Vallamai
- Rejected alternatives
- சக்தி
Power Of God
NEVER சக்தி. Tamil Nadu has an unusually vivid, grassroots-level living goddess tradition centered on village Amman deities (Mariamman, Angalamman, and others), often considered older than and distinct from pan-Indian Sanskritic Shaktism. வல்லமை (might/ability) avoids this association entirely.
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