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The Devi Mahatmya is a text of Hindu philosophy describing the goddess Durga as the supreme power and creator of the universe. It is part of the Markandeya Purana. This illustration, created with watercolour and ink on paper, is from an early-18th-century Nepalese folio of the Devi Mahamya, and depicts the goddess Ambika leading the eight mother goddesses in battle against the asura (demon spirit) Raktabīja. A few Sanskrit words are written across the painting, which was gifted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California.Painting credit: unknown