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Mahadevi (Sanskrit: महादेवी, IAST: Mahādevī), also referred to as the Devi, Adi Parashakti and Mahamaya, [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 the Para ...
Tamil mythology refers to the folklore and traditions that are a part of the wider Dravidian pantheon, originating from the Tamil people. [1] This body of mythology is a fusion of elements from Dravidian culture and the parent Indus Valley culture, both of which have been syncretised with mainstream Hinduism .
The sage tells them about Mahamaya, an epithet of the goddess, who is the cause of world's delusion and creation and who manifests in different ways. [36] Most famous is the story of Mahishasura Mardini – Devi as "Slayer of the Buffalo Demon" – one of the most ubiquitous images in Hindu art and sculpture, and a tale known almost universally ...
The epithet of Chandi or Chandika appears in the Devi Mahatmya, a text deeply rooted in the Shakta tradition of Bengal. This region has long been a significant center for Goddess worship and tantric practices. Since ancient times, it is the most common epithet used for the Goddess.
The authorship of the Mahishasura Mardini Stotra is attributed to the theologian Adi Shankara.This hymn is mentioned in the 53rd chapter of the 1st portion of the text Shivarahasya Purana. [5]
Seeking Mahadevi: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-9049-5. Tracy Pintchman (2015). The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-1618-2. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3447025225.
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."
Bhavānī (भवानी, “the giver of existence”).—One of the names of the Goddess, Devī, who is regarded as the female principle of the divine; the embodiment of the energies of the Gods. Bhavānī (भवानी) is an epithet of the Goddess (Devī), who incarnated as Satī, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.14.