Mangala

This is the first record in the whole programme to carry TWO sectarian parentage accounts side by side, and the kinds say which is which on their face. It is a better outcome than either choosing one or dropping both: a registry that indexes traditions should be able to hold the fact that two schools of the same tradition answer the same question differently.

Variant accounts

• lifecycleAfter worshipping Shiva at Kashi, Bhauma attains planetary status in this account.Shiva Purana 2.3.10.26–28, Bhauma at Kashi and planetary status (primary)

Domains

• mars

Relations

• son of in the vaishnava account: PrithviThe corpus holds Bhumi under the name Prithvi, which the lane-16 sweep confirmed. The kind names the sectarian account inside itself because the claim is true only within it.Reference treatment: according to Vaishnavism, Mangala is the son of Bhumi, the earth goddess, and Vishnu, born when Vishnu raised her from the primordial waters as Varaha. (secondary)
• manifested from: ShivaIn this account Bhauma arises from Shiva’s forehead sweat. This is manifestation, not sexual generation.Reference treatment: according to Shaivism, Mangala was born from the god Shiva through a drop of his blood or sweat. (secondary); Shiva Purana 2.3.10.14–26, birth and nursing of Bhauma (primary)
• nursed by: PrithviEarth assumes a woman’s form and suckles the child; the narrative distinguishes nursing from his origin.Shiva Purana 2.3.10.14–26, birth and nursing of Bhauma (primary)

Sources

• Mangala is the graha of Mars, given in Vaishnava sources as the son of Bhumi and Vishnu-as-Varaha and in Shaiva sources as born from a drop of Shiva's blood or sweat.: Reference treatments of Mangala and of the Navagraha. (secondary)