"avertress" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1838: Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, “The Beacon — from The Agamemnon”, chorus (lines 35–39), page 259",
          "roman": "Avertress of thy husband’s doom !",
          "text": "When ‛neath him yawned th’ expectant grave,\nNor either parent dar’d to save,\nTho’ hoary both, the life they gave,\n‛Twas thine in youth to seek the tomb,"
        },
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          "ref": "1923: Swami Vijnanananda, The S’rimad Devi Bhagawatam, volume 1, chapter XIX: “On the going to the Svayamvara assembly of Sudars’ana”, verses 34–37 (links: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9WKxHqkVUUUC&pg=PA255&dq=avertress&lr=#PPA255,M1, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uBEkOqvqSMkC&pg=PA268&dq=avertress&lr=, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kt02ZSt2Q8AC&pg=PA242&dq=avertress&lr=, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KwlHAYJR5KcC&pg=PA197&dq=avertress&lr=#PPA198,M1)",
          "text": "O Son! Let Ambikâ Devî protect your front; Padmalochanâ protect your back; Pârvatî, your two sides; S’ivâ Devî, all around you; Vârâhî, in dreadful paths; Durgâ, in royal forts, Kâlikâ, in terrible fights; Parames’varî, in the platform hall; Mâtamgî, in the Svayamvara hall; Bhavanî, the Avertress of world, amidst the kings; Girijâ, in mountain passes; Chamundâ, in the sacrificial ground, and let the eternal Kâmagâ, protect you in the forests."
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        "A woman, girl, goddess, or other female agent who averts."
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          "goddess",
          "goddess"
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          "female",
          "female"
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          "agent",
          "agent"
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        [
          "avert",
          "avert"
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          "ref": "1838: Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, “The Beacon — from The Agamemnon”, chorus (lines 35–39), page 259",
          "roman": "Avertress of thy husband’s doom !",
          "text": "When ‛neath him yawned th’ expectant grave,\nNor either parent dar’d to save,\nTho’ hoary both, the life they gave,\n‛Twas thine in youth to seek the tomb,"
        },
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          "ref": "1923: Swami Vijnanananda, The S’rimad Devi Bhagawatam, volume 1, chapter XIX: “On the going to the Svayamvara assembly of Sudars’ana”, verses 34–37 (links: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9WKxHqkVUUUC&pg=PA255&dq=avertress&lr=#PPA255,M1, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uBEkOqvqSMkC&pg=PA268&dq=avertress&lr=, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kt02ZSt2Q8AC&pg=PA242&dq=avertress&lr=, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KwlHAYJR5KcC&pg=PA197&dq=avertress&lr=#PPA198,M1)",
          "text": "O Son! Let Ambikâ Devî protect your front; Padmalochanâ protect your back; Pârvatî, your two sides; S’ivâ Devî, all around you; Vârâhî, in dreadful paths; Durgâ, in royal forts, Kâlikâ, in terrible fights; Parames’varî, in the platform hall; Mâtamgî, in the Svayamvara hall; Bhavanî, the Avertress of world, amidst the kings; Girijâ, in mountain passes; Chamundâ, in the sacrificial ground, and let the eternal Kâmagâ, protect you in the forests."
        }
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        "A woman, girl, goddess, or other female agent who averts."
      ],
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