Annapurna (अन्नपूर्णा) combines the Sanskrit anna (food) and purna (full) — "she who is full of food." **The Hindu goddess of nourishment** — a manifestation of Parvati who, when Shiva claimed the world was illusion, **withdrew all food from creation** until he begged her to return. **Worshipped especially at the Annapurna Temple in Varanasi.** The Annapurna massif in Nepal is named after her.
Featured throughout Hindu Puranic literature.
Annapurna reduces to four — the number of food-goddess.