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Mahadevi
Devi · Yoganidra · Mahamaya · Bhuvaneshvari · Adi Shakti
The Great Goddess of the Shakta frame. In the Devi Mahatmya she is the sleep in which Vishnu lies and must leave his…
God · Shakta
Durga
The warrior goddess of the Devi Mahatmya who slays the buffalo demon Mahishasura, the demon whose boon that no man…
God · Shakta · Bengal
Kali
Kalika · Dakshina Kali
The fierce goddess of Bengal, shown standing on a prostrate Shiva; declared here only as a stub for the folk record in…
God · Shakta
Mahamaya (Yoganidra)
Yoganidra · Devi
The Goddess as the sleep that holds Vishnu on the cosmic waters in the Devi Mahatmya; Brahma must praise her and ask…
God · Shakta
The Matrikas
Saptamatrika · Carcika · Mangala
The mother-goddesses who drank the blood of Andhaka so that no new demon could spring from each fallen drop; the Vamana…