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  2. Durga - Wikipedia

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    Durga is seen as a motherly figure and often depicted as a beautiful woman, riding a lion or tiger, with many arms each carrying a weapon and often defeating demons. [2] [11] [12] [13] She is widely worshipped by the followers of the goddess-centric sect, Shaktism, and has importance in other denominations like Shaivism and Vaishnavism. [9] [14]

  3. Marici (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    By most historical accounts Mārīcī is considered a goddess, but in some regions she is depicted as a male god revered among the warrior class in East Asia. [1] Mārīcī is typically depicted with multiple arms, riding a charging boar or sow, or on a fiery chariot pulled by seven horses or seven boars. She has either one head or between ...

  4. Vasudhara - Wikipedia

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    In visual representations, Vasudhara can have as few as two arms and as many as six. The two-armed representations are more common in Tibetan art and Indian art, while six-armed representations are almost exclusive to Nepalese art. [8] Although the six-armed image originates in India, they are rare and only few examples have been found.

  5. Kali - Wikipedia

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    Mahakali, goddess of time and death, depicted with a black complexion with ten heads, arms and legs. Mahakali ( Sanskrit : Mahākālī, Devanagari : महाकाली, Bengali : মহাকালী, Gujarati : મહાકાળી), literally translated as "Great Kali", is sometimes considered as a greater form of Kali, identified with ...

  6. Vishvarupa - Wikipedia

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    A 5th century Garhwa image shows Vishvarupa with six arms and three visible heads: a horse (centre, Hayagriva-avatar of Vishnu), a lion and a boar. Possibly a fourth head existed which popped up from the horse head. An aureole of human head surround the central heads.

  7. Ashta Lakshmi - Wikipedia

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    She is the form of the goddess who bestows valour during battles [3] and courage plus strength for overcoming difficulties in life. [ 1 ] She is depicted as eight-armed, seated on a lion, in red garments, carrying a chakra, shankha , bow, arrow, trishula (or a sword), a bundle of palm leaf scriptures, other two hands in the abhaya mudra and the ...

  8. Cundi (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    There are forms of Cundī with four, six, sixteen or twenty-six arms. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The four arms of the four-armed form of Cundī symbolize the four immeasurables : loving-kindness or benevolence ( maitrī ), compassion ( karuṇā ), empathetic joy ( muditā ), and equanimity ( upekṣā ).

  9. Matrikas - Wikipedia

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    Seated on an elephant, Indrani, is depicted dark-skinned, with two or four or six arms. She is depicted as having two or three or four eyes like Indra, and a thousand eyes on her body. She is armed with the Vajra (thunderbolt), goad, noose and lotus stalk. Adorned with variety of ornaments, she wears the kiriṭa mukuṭa.