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[edit]33 Gods not 330 million gods
[edit]Many reliable sources and many Western publication has mentioned that Hindus have 33 crore Gods, 33 million gods and 330 million Gods.
‘33 mn Gods…not one producing oxygen’: Charlie Hebdo releases cartoon on India’s Covid crisis
The 33 Million Gods of Hinduism
https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/hinduism-330-million-gods/
Many have debated that the word koti is misinterpreted as crore.
The word ‘koti’ in Sanskrit means crores and also it means ‘type’. In this term ‘33 koti’ means 33 types and not 33 crores. (10 million) Nightingagleyt (talk) 09:43, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
- Did you have a question you wanted us to respond to about this? Blueboar (talk) 12:43, 1 March 2024 (UTC)