In Hindu iconography, the goddess Durgā is commonly depicted as riding a lion or a tiger.
In the Mahākālī Pyākhan dance of the Intra Jātrā festival of the Newari people of Kathmandu, Dhun is the name of the tiger that bears Mahākālī, an incarnation of Durgā.[1]
The tigress mount of the goddess Durga, of Hindu myth. Durga was born to defeat the Asura Mahisha, and Gdon was granted to her to help complete the task.
Nomenclature
Names in Other Languages
Language
Name
Meaning
Japanese
ドゥン
Dhun
References
↑"Mahākāli—A sanguinary, belligerent goddess, and incarnation of Durgā, symbol of destruction. [...] Dhun—The tiger that bears Mahākālī." Dance and Music in South Asian Drama: Chhau, Mahākālī pyākhan and Yakshagāna: Report of Asian Traditional Performing Arts 1981 (1983), Richard Emmert et al.. (3rd ed.) p. 11. ISBN-13: 978-4-87017-014-8.