avertress
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈvɜːtɹɪs/[1]
Noun
avertress (plural avertresses)
- A woman, girl, goddess, or other female agent who averts.[1]
- 1838: Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, “The Beacon — from The Agamemnon”, chorus (lines 35–39), page 259
- When ‛neath him yawned th’ expectant grave,
- Nor either parent dar’d to save,
- Tho’ hoary both, the life they gave,
- ‛Twas thine in youth to seek the tomb,
- Avertress of thy husband’s doom !
- When ‛neath him yawned th’ expectant grave,
- 1923: Swami Vijnanananda, The S’rimad Devi Bhagawatam, volume 1, chapter XIX: “On the going to the Svayamvara assembly of Sudars’ana”, verses 34–37 (links: , , , )
- O Son! Let Ambikâ Devî protect your front; Padmalochanâ protect your back; Pârvatî, your two sides; S’ivâ Devî, all around you; Vârâhî, in dreadful paths; Durgâ, in royal forts, Kâlikâ, in terrible fights; Parames’varî, in the platform hall; Mâtamgî, in the Svayamvara hall; Bhavanî, the Avertress of world, amidst the kings; Girijâ, in mountain passes; Chamundâ, in the sacrificial ground, and let the eternal Kâmagâ, protect you in the forests.
- 1838: Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, “The Beacon — from The Agamemnon”, chorus (lines 35–39), page 259
References
- “avertress” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
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