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    Mahavidya

    Kali, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuvaneshvari, Bhairavi,


    Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi & Kamala .
    Consort - Shiva.

    Mahavidyas (Great Wisdoms) or Dasha-Mahavidyas are


    a group of ten aspects of devi Parvati or Goddess Shakti
    in Hinduism. The 10 Mahavidyas are Wisdom Goddesses, aspects of devi Parvati, who represents a spectrum
    of feminine divinity, from horric goddesses at one end,
    to the gentle at the other.[1]
    The development of Mahavidyas represents an important turning point in the history of Shaktism as it marks
    the rise of Bhakti aspect in Shaktism, which reached its Kali The rst of the Ten Mahavidyas
    zenith in 1700 CE. First sprung forth in the post-Puranic
    age, around 6th century C.E., it was a new theistic movement in which the supreme being was envisioned as fe1. Kali The ultimate form of Brahman, Devourer of
    male. A fact epitomized by texts like Devi-Bhagavata
    Time (Supreme Deity of Kalikula systems)
    Purana, especially its last nine chapters (31-40) of the
    2. Tara The Goddess as Guide and Protector, or Who
    seventh skandha, which are known as the Devi Gita, and
    Saves.Who oers the ultimate knowledge which
    soon became central texts of Shaktism.[2]
    gives salvation (also known as Neel Saraswati).

    3. Tripura Sundari (Shodashi) The Goddess Who is


    Beautiful in the Three Worlds (Supreme Deity of
    Srikula systems); the Tantric Parvati or the Moksha Mukta.

    Etymology

    The name Mahavidyas comes from the Sanskrit roots,


    with maha meaning 'great' and vidya meaning, 'revelation, manifestation, knowledge, or wisdom.[2]

    4. Bhuvaneshvari The Goddess as World Mother, or


    Whose Body is the Cosmos
    5. Bhairavi The Fierce Goddess

    Names

    6. Chhinnamasta The self-decapitated Goddess[5]

    Shaktas believe, the one Truth is sensed in ten dierent facets; the Divine Mother is adored and approached
    as ten cosmic personalities, the Dasa-Mahavidya (tenMahavidyas).[3] The Mahavidyas are considered Tantric
    in nature, and are usually identied as:[4]

    7. Dhumavati The Widow Goddess, or the Goddess


    of death.
    8. Bagalamukhi The Goddess Who Paralyzes Enemies
    1

    4
    9. Matangi the Prime Minister of Lalita (in Srikula
    systems)

    10. Kamala The Lotus Goddess; the Tantric Lakshmi


    The Mahabhagavata Purana and Brhaddharma Purana
    however, list Shodashi (Sodasi) as Tripura Sundari, her
    another name.[1] The Guhyatiguyha-tantra associates the
    Mahavidyas with the ten Avatars of Vishnu, and states
    that the Mahavidyas are the source from which the
    avatars of Vishnu arose. All ten forms of the Goddess,
    whether gentle or terrifying, are worshiped as the universal Mother.All ten forms of the Goddess is concluded
    and worshipped in the Sri Chakra and Tripura Sundari is
    considered as the Adi Para Sakthi.

    References

    [1] Kinsley, David R (1987). Hindu Goddesses: Vision of


    the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition.
    Motilal Banarsidass Publication. pp. 161165. ISBN
    9788120803947.
    [2] Brown, Charles Mackenzie (1998). The Dev Gt: The
    Song of the Goddess. SUNY Press. p. 23. ISBN
    9780791439401.
    [3] Shankarnarayanan, S (1972). The Ten Great Cosmic Powers: Dasa Mahavidyas (4 ed.). Chennai: Samata Books.
    pp. 45. ISBN 9788185208381.
    [4] Kinsley, David R (1997). Tantric Visions of the Divine
    Feminine: The Ten Mahavidyas. Berkeley: University of
    California Press. p. 302. ISBN 9780520204997.
    [5] Danilou, Alain (1991). The Myths and Gods of India:
    The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton
    Bollingen Series. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. pp. 284
    290. ISBN 978-0-89281-354-4.

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