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The numerous Hindu goddesses are nominally categorized into two groups: "pan-Indian goddesses" and "local goddesses". [22] The goddesses referred to as "pan-Indian" are known widely across India and are chiefly "Brahminical and consequently orthodox", though some of them tend to be unorthodox.
Shaktism is a goddess-centric tradition of Hinduism, [55] involving many goddesses, all being regarded as various aspects, manifestations, or personifications of the same supreme goddess Shakti. [56] [57] Shaktas approach the Devi in many forms; however, they are all considered to be but diverse aspects of the one supreme goddess.
Durga traditionally holds the weapons of various male gods of Hindu mythology, which they give her to fight the evil forces because they feel that she is shakti (energy, power). [72] These include the chakra (divine discus), conch, bow, arrow, sword, javelin, trishula trident, shield, mace, pink Lotus Flower and a noose. [ 73 ]
Within the Hindu genre of Sahasranamas (literally, "thousand-name" hymns, extolling the names, deeds and associations of a given deity), the Sri Lalita Sahasranama Stotra, or "Hymn to the Thousand Names of the Auspicious Goddess Lalita", is "a veritable classic, widely acknowledged for its lucidity, clarity and poetic excellence." [43]
The Shakta pithas, also called Shakti pithas or Sati pithas (Sanskrit: शाक्त पीठ, Śakta Pīṭha, seats of Shakti [1]), are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the mother goddess denomination in Hinduism. The shrines are dedicated to various forms of Adi Shakti.
Ishvari (Sanskrit: ईश्वरी, IAST: Īśvarī) is a Hindu epithet of Sanskrit origin, referring to the Goddess, the divine female counterpart of Ishvara. It is also a term that refers to the shakti, or the feminine energy of the Trimurti, which refer to Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati. [1]
According to the Shumbha and Nishumbha story of Devi Mahatmya, Matrikas appear as Shaktis from the bodies of the gods and goddesses – Brahma, Shiva, Skanda, Vishnu, Indra, Vishnu as Varaha, Vishnu as Narasimha, Parvati as Chandi; [45] having the form of each, approached Parvati with whatever form, ornaments, vehicles the god or goddess ...
Mahakali (Sanskrit: महाकाली, romanized: Mahākālī) is the Hindu goddess of time and death in the goddess-centric tradition of Shaktism. She is also known as the supreme being in various tantras and Puranas. Similar to Kali, Mahakali is a fierce goddess associated with universal power, time, life, death, and both rebirth and ...