avertress

Noun

 * 1) A woman, girl, goddess, or other female agent who averts.
 * 2) * 1838: Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, “The Beacon — from The Agamemnon”, chorus (lines 35–39), page 259
 * When ‛neath him yawned th’ expectant grave,
 * Nor either parent dar’d to save,
 * Tho’ hoary both, the life they gave,
 * ‛Twas thine in youth to seek the tomb,
 * Avertress of thy husband’s doom !
 * 1) * 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:, , , )
 * 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.