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The goddesses of speech (Vashini and the others)

Also called: Vagdevatas, Vashini

The eight Vagdevatas who composed the Lalita Sahasranama at Lalita's command and sang it before the assembly.

Sources: Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya's commentary, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (2nd ed. 1925, archive.org); Lalita Sahasranama (Wikipedia) · see The goddesses of speech (Vashini and the others)'s web

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The goddesses of speech (Vashini and the others) devotee of

Lalita Tripura Sundari (God) Shakta · How the thousand names were told
Compose the thousand names at her command.

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How the thousand names were told
Legend · as who compose it · 2 tellings

Cited

Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya's commentary, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (2nd ed. 1925, archive.org) Primary text (translation)
Lalita Sahasranama (Wikipedia) Encyclopedia