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  2. Devi Mahatmya - Wikipedia

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    Kunjika Stotram is also a beautiful hymn written in the saptashati which is said to be the mixture of the three hymns i.e., Kavacham, Argala stotram, Keelakam and also Rahasya parvam (Murthy Rahasyam and Vaikrutika Rahasyam).It is said that Lord Shiva had recited this shloka to Parvathi at her attainment of BramhaGyaan. This shloka plays an ...

  3. Mahisasuramardini (radio programme) - Wikipedia

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    It is a one-and-a-half-hour audio montage of Chaṇḍipāaṭh (chanting from Chaṇḍi) recitation from the scriptural verses of Śrī Śrī Chaṇḍi or Durga Saptashati, [2] Bengali devotional songs, classical music and a dash of acoustic melodrama.

  4. History of Shaktism - Wikipedia

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    By far, the most important text of Shaktism is the Devi Mahatmya (also known as the Durga Saptashati, Chandi or Chandi-Path), found in the Markandeya Purana. Composed some 1,600 years ago, the text "wove together the diverse threads of already ancient memory and created a dazzling verbal tapestry that remains even today the central text of the ...

  5. Durga - Wikipedia

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    These usages are in different contexts. For example, Durg is the name of an Asura who had become invincible to gods, and Durga is the goddess who intervenes and slays him. Durga and its derivatives are found in sections 4.1.99 and 6.3.63 of the Ashtadhyayi by Pāṇini, the ancient Sanskrit grammarian, and in the commentary of Nirukta by Yaska ...

  6. Vindhyachal Temple - Wikipedia

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    The temple has been mentioned in Durga Saptashati. It is written that the goddess Durga was born from the womb of Yashoda on the same night as Krishna was born. When Kansa (King of Mathura) tried killing the baby by smashing her body to a stone, she miraculously went away from his grip and turned into the divine form of the goddess.

  7. Medha rishi - Wikipedia

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    According to Devi-Bhagavata Purana Medha rishi is ancient rishi he is Storyteller of [1] Duraga Saptashati he tell Goddess Durga story in front of Samadhi vaishaya and Surath king. References [ edit ]

  8. Shumbha and Nishumbha - Wikipedia

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    Durga retells how two asura brothers sought to conquer the three worlds by subjecting themselves to severe penance and purification rituals so that no man or asura could destroy them. [1] Shumbha and Nishumbha traveled to Pushkara , a sacred site, and remained there in prayer for ten thousand years.

  9. Bhavani - Wikipedia

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    Below the lion, sage Markandeya is chanting the Durga-saptashati shlokas. The lady sage Anubhuti is on the left side of the goddess; she is in a hanging position and is meditating on the goddess. It is chala murti , moved thrice a year during the long sleeping periods of maa Bhavani.