The Devi Mahatmya or Devi Mahatmyam (Sanskrit: देवीमाहात्म्यम्, romanized: devīmāhātmyam, lit. 'Glory of the Goddess') is a Hindu philosophical text describing...

chapters. Along with the Devi Mahatmya, it is one of the most important works in Shaktism, a tradition within Hinduism that reveres Devi or Shakti (Goddess)...

expansion in mythology and literature associated with Devi, with texts such as the Devi Mahatmya, wherein she manifests as the ultimate truth and supreme...

radically altered by two texts: the earlier Devi Mahatmya and the later Devi Bhagavata Purana. The Devi Mahatmya, which was initially part of the Markandeya...

Vaishnavism. The most important texts of Shaktism, Devi Mahatmya and Devi Bhagavata Purana, revere Devi (the Goddess) as the primordial creator of the universe...

states Ludo Rocher. It is famous for including the Devi Mahatmya within it, the oldest known treatise on Devi (Goddess) as the Supreme Truth and Creator Of...

such as the Devi Mahatmya, Devi-Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, and Shakta Upanishads like the Devi Upanishad are revered. The Devi Mahatmya in particular...

prominent authority on Devi worship, Chandi embodies divine wrath and passion. The epithet of Chandi or Chandika appears in the Devi Mahatmya, a text deeply rooted...

Vajravārāhī and Marichi According to the Shumbha-Nishumbha story of the Devi Mahatmya from the Markandeya Purana religious texts, the Matrikas goddesses appears...

of Kali in the Sanskrit literature was in the sixth-century CE text Devi Mahatmya. Kali appears in numerous stories, with her most famous being when she...

Devi Mahatmya embodies Bhakti through three stories about the goddess Devi. In these narratives, bhakti is vividly portrayed as the gods turn to Devi...

Devi Mahatmya. In their legend, they were slain by the goddess Kaushiki. The story of Shumbha and Nishumbha begins in the fifth chapter of the Devi Mahatmya...

1998, p. 156, Devi Mahatmya verses 8.11–20. Kinsley 1998, pp. 156, Devi Mahatmya verses 8.38, 44, 49, 62 Kinsley 1998, p. 156, Devi Mahatmya verses 8.62...

of the Devi Mahatmya, Mahadevi is referred as Mahamaya, meaning the one who controls maya. The Vedas name numerous forms of goddess such as Devi (power)...

frightening old woman, projecting fear and horror. In Hindu scripture Devi Mahatmya, Chamunda emerged as Chandika Jayasundara from an eyebrow of goddess...

great favours to the Devas. — Devi Bhagavata Purana, Book 10, Chapter 13 She is also briefly alluded to in the Devi Mahatmya. Lakshmi declares herself to...

Khmer period, (1000CE) and continued to expand and develop thereafter. Devi Mahatmya, an important text in Shaktism, was composed around tenth or eleventh...

Peetha. The three presiding deities of the Goddess-oriented scripture Devi Mahatmya in the Saptashrungi are considered a combined manifestation of the three...

Hindu Upanishads, Sastras and Puranas, particularly the Devi Upanishad, Devi Mahatmya and Devi-Bhagavata Purana. Ancient and medieval era Hindu texts present...

particularly Shaktism, and is both narrated as well as reenacted from the Devi Mahatmya at many South and Southeast Asian Hindu temples. The Mahishasura Mardini...

in later Hindu literature. A key text associated with Durga Puja is Devi Mahatmya, which is recited during the festival. Durga was likely well established...

the Devi-Mahatmya and a Study of Its Interpretation. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0791404463. Coburn, Thomas B. (2002). Devī Māhātmya, The...

Sahasranama. This is also the description mentioned in the Rahasya of Devi Mahatmya. Professor Prabhakar Malshe says, "The name of Karaveera is still locally...

represents Tamas or the force of inertia. A common understanding of the Devi Mahatmya ("Greatness of the Goddess") text, a later interpolation into the Markandeya...

Mahasaraswati (she who is great Saraswati) who are the primary deities in Devi Mahatmya. The other prominent names included in this text are, Bhuvaneshvari...

which are today known as Shaktism. Sarasvati appears in the Puranic Devi Mahatmya (Glory of the Goddess), a central text for Shaktism which was appended...

the matter of strength, form, and weapons. The eighth chapter of the Devi Mahatmya narrates Durga's battle with Raktabīja as a part of her battle against...

The creation is said to be the sport of the Devi. — T. B. Lakshmana Rao, Shri Tripura Rahasya (Mahatmya Khanda), Chapter 58, Verses 12 to 14 She rules...

Commentary on Devi Mahatmya, titled Guptavati. Bhaskara raya, in his Guptavati, offers comments on 224 out of the 579 verses of the Devi Mahatmya. Varivasya...

In Hinduism, in the Devi Mahatmya, Chanda and Munda are asuras (demons) in the service of demons Shumbha and Nishumbha. One day, they set their eyes upon...