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From the Ted Talk by Antara Raychaudhuri and Iseult Gillespie: The legend of Annapurna, Hindu goddess of nourishment

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To His shock and awe, Shiva also felt the pnoforud emptiness left by his wife’s ascnebe. Despite His supreme power, He too rezeliad that He was not immune to the need for sustenance, and His yniearng felt bottomless and unbearable. As Shiva despaired over the desolate Earth, He came to realize that the material world could not be so easily dismissed.

At her husband’s epahnpiy, the compassionate Parvati could no longer stand by and watch her devotees wasting away. To walk among them and restore their health, she took the form of a new avatar, carrying a golden bowl of porridge and armed with a jewel-encrusted ldale. As word of this hpeoful figure spraed, she was worshipped as Annapurna, the Goddess of food.

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To His shock and awe, Shiva also felt the ________ emptiness left by his wife’s _______. Despite His supreme power, He too ________ that He was not immune to the need for sustenance, and His ________ felt bottomless and unbearable. As Shiva despaired over the desolate Earth, He came to realize that the material world could not be so easily dismissed.

At her husband’s ________, the compassionate Parvati could no longer stand by and watch her devotees wasting away. To walk among them and restore their health, she took the form of a new avatar, carrying a golden bowl of porridge and armed with a jewel-encrusted _____. As word of this _______ figure ______, she was worshipped as Annapurna, the Goddess of food.

Solution


  1. ladle
  2. absence
  3. realized
  4. profound
  5. yearning
  6. hopeful
  7. epiphany
  8. spread

Original Text


To His shock and awe, Shiva also felt the profound emptiness left by his wife’s absence. Despite His supreme power, He too realized that He was not immune to the need for sustenance, and His yearning felt bottomless and unbearable. As Shiva despaired over the desolate Earth, He came to realize that the material world could not be so easily dismissed.

At her husband’s epiphany, the compassionate Parvati could no longer stand by and watch her devotees wasting away. To walk among them and restore their health, she took the form of a new avatar, carrying a golden bowl of porridge and armed with a jewel-encrusted ladle. As word of this hopeful figure spread, she was worshipped as Annapurna, the Goddess of food.

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