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Doorga

Doorga is the archaic form of Durga.

Meaning of Durga

Proper noun

Durga

  1. (Hinduism) The goddess of war, strength, and protection.
    • ‘He was running riot in the heavens, none of the male gods could kill him; so they joined forces and created Durga, bestowed all their powers on her. That’s why she has ten arms, a weapon in each gifted by a different god.’2025, Santanu Bhattacharya, Deviants, Fig Tree, page 21
  2. A female given name from Sanskrit, common in India. Another name of Parvati.

Questions about Doorga

What is Doorga the archaic form of?
Doorga is the archaic form of Durga.

Words near Doorga in the dictionary

  1. Dooreys
  2. doorflap
  3. doorflaps
  4. doorframe
  5. doorframes
  6. Doorga
  7. doorgame
  8. doorgames
  9. doorhandle
  10. doorhandles
  11. doorhanger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Doorga (page history and authors); Durga (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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