Mena

In Hindu mythology, the wife of the
minor deity Himalaya, and the mother
of Parvati, the goddess. Mena christens
her daughter, Uma, through her exclamation “U Ma!” (“Oh, don’t!”) when
Parvati announces her desire to make
the god Shiva her husband. The Shiva
Purana details Mena’s initial discomfiture with her unconventional son-inlaw, yet later suggests Shiva as the
paradigm for the ideal husband, since
he is completely devoted to his wife.