Template:Did you know nominations/Sanjna

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The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by Narutolovehinata5 talk 00:43, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Sanjna

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A lithograph depicting the Sun god revealing his new form to Sanjna, who is in her mare form.

• ... that in Hindu mythology, goddess Sanjna created a shadow version of herself and later transformed into a mare to escape her husband, the Sun god, whose fiery energy she could not endure?

• Source: Doniger, Wendy (1998). "Saranyu/Samjna". In John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff (ed.). Devī: goddesses of India. Motilal Banarsidas. pp. 154–7. ISBN 81-208-1491-6. "...unable to bear it, transformed her own shadow (chhaya) of-the-same-kind (savarna). Her own shadow became a Samjna that was made of magic illusion...And so she took the form of a mare, concealing her form, and grazed in the land of the northern Kurus."

• ALT1: ... that in Hindu mythology, the Sun god had to diminish his radiance to reconcile with his wife Sanjna, who had fled as a mare to escape his overwhelming energy? Source: Doniger, Wendy (1998). "Saranyu/Samjna". In John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff (ed.). Devī: goddesses of India. Motilal Banarsidas. pp. 154–7. ISBN 81-208-1491-6.".... Tvastr assuaged the Sun's anger and trimmed him on his lathe, removing his excessive fiery energy....Then the Sun showed her his lovely form, and when she saw her husband she was satisfied."
• ALT2: ... that in Hindu mythology, Sanjna, the wife of the Sun god, took the form of a mare to escape from her husband after her father urged her to return? Source: Doniger, Wendy (1998). "Saranyu/Samjna". In John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff (ed.). Devī: goddesses of India. Motilal Banarsidas. pp. 154–7. ISBN 81-208-1491-6. ""Somewhat embarrassed, the wise woman went to her father's house. But her father reviled her and kept telling her, "Go back to your husband." And so she took the form of a mare, concealing her form, and grazed in the land of the northern Kurus.""
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gerda Philipsborn
• Comment: I can't decide which hook will be the best. Though I think Alt hook 1 is the most interesting, it mainly focuses on Sun God, not Sanjna

5x expanded by Seyamar (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Seyamar_(245CMR)^💬📜 13:56, 3 October 2024 (UTC).

@Seyamar: you have done some superb work on this article over the last few weeks, but unfortunately before your edits started the article was some 10k and is now about 26k. This is far below the required 5x expansion for DYK so that cannot progress at this time. However, given the quality of the article, you may wish to take it to the Good Article process, and if that passes (which is should) you can then list it here again. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:44, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

@Maury Markowitz:, Ohk, I would've tried to expand more, but nothing much major is left to be added. Also thanks for the appreciation and advice; I would like to take it GA after time. Btw, can I still use the same qpq for another article, or do I need to review another.Seyamar_(245CMR)^💬📜 14:54, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Prose size is measured by character count, not bytesize. This has gone from 4851 to 19417, so just over 4x. As for the QPQ, I would argue that Maury's comment constitutes a review, so the QPQ's been used. I can tell you that if I were to review this at GA, I would point out that some of the article would deserve {{underlinked}} and many of the paragraphs are way too long and rely on a single source. I'd be all ears as to how it met the bit of WP:GAC#3b that says "stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail", though perhaps an actual reviewer would be more lenient.--Launchballer 11:08, 5 October 2024 (UTC)