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Mahadevi (Sanskrit: महादेवी, IAST: Mahādevī), also referred to as Adi Parashakti and Jagat Janani (mother of universe), [3] is the supreme goddess in Hinduism. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] According to the goddess-centric sect Shaktism , all Hindu gods and goddesses are considered to be manifestations of this great goddess, who is considered as ...
Murti of Vishvambhari. Vishvambhari (Sanskrit: विश्वम्भरि, romanized: Viśvambhari) is an epithet of the supreme goddess Mahadevi in Hinduism.Literally translating to, "all-wearing", it refers to the attribute of the goddess as the personification of the Earth, the divine consort of Vishnu (as Bhumi), as well as her guardianship and sustenance of all beings that reside upon it.
Mahadevi, as mother goddess, is an example of the later, where she subsumes all goddesses, becomes the ultimate goddess, and is sometimes just called Devi. [ 77 ] Theological texts projected Mahadevi as ultimate reality in the universe as a "powerful, creative, active, transcendent female being."
In Praise of the Goddess: The Devimahatmya and Its Meaning. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 8120829530. Kinsley, David (1988). Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-90883-3. Kinsley, David (1997). Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten Mahavidyas ...
Goddess Prithvi is referred to by various epithets across different religious traditions, particularly in the Vedic and Buddhist contexts. These epithets highlight her nurturing, sustaining, and protective qualities, as well as her connection to truth, fertility, and abundance. Some of the key epithets used for Prithvi are listed below: [3]
Sūrya the "Sun" god, also called Pratyūsha, ("break of dawn", but often used to mean simply "light"), the Saura sect worships Sūrya as their chief deity, also called Anshuman, Soma the "Moon" god, also called Chandra. Nakshatrani, also called Dhruva or motionless polestar (Polaris) and Prabhasa.
The highest reverence for Shiva in Shaivism is reflected in his epithets Mahādeva ("Great god"; mahā "Great" and deva "god"), [48] [49] Maheśvara ("Great Lord"; mahā "great" and īśvara "lord"), [50] [51] and Parameśvara ("Supreme Lord"). [52] Sahasranama are medieval Indian texts that list a thousand names derived from aspects and ...
An 18th-century painting from Rajasthan depicts Chhinnamasta as black, as described in the Pranatoshini Tantra legend. She is seated on a copulating couple. Chhinnamasta is often named as the fifth [24] [25] [26] or sixth [1] [27] [20] Mahavidya (Mahavidyas are a group of ten fearsome goddesses from the Hindu esoteric tradition of Tantra), with hymns identifying her as a fierce aspect of Devi ...