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Dadi
Stories featuring Dadi, including Mata Gujri Ji; The Lion and the Old Woman; Why Does Dadi Light a Diya?.
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Source works: Valmiki Ramayana · Shiva Purana · The Principal Upanishads and more
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Taittiriya Upanishad
3 vallis
Source edition recordValmiki Ramayana
Southern recension (vulgate) as printed by Gita Press; 7 kandas, 645 sargas
Source edition recordSikh history
Gurbilas, Suraj Prakash, Zafarnama and modern histories cited per book
Oral tradition
Tales with no single source text; the region and the collection cited per book
The Principal Upanishads
13 principal Upanishads
Source edition recordShiva Purana
7 samhitas; Rudra Samhita, Kumara Khanda for Ganesha
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