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    Kinsley Mother-Goddess Brahmani Seated in Yogic Posture Holding Water Pot, 1201–1300, retrieved 2021-12-04 "Goddess Brahmani (Matrika) or Brahmi". Manish...
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  • Matrikas (Sanskrit: मातृका (singular), IAST: mātṝkā, lit. "mothers") also called Matar or Matri, are a group of mother goddesses who are always depicted...
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    Shumbha to claim her. With the help of the Matrikas, who were the female forms of the Trimurti, consisting of Brahmani, Vaishnavi, and Maheshwari, along with...
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  • 64 Yoginis and Matrikas ( forms of Durga) are worshipped during the Durga Puja rituals on Mahashtami. The significance of the Matrikas is interpreted...
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    identities, Savitri and Gayatri. In Shaktism, she takes her Matrika (mother goddess) avatar as Brahmani. Saraswati is not just the goddess of knowledge and wisdom...
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  • Canadian engineer and politician Brahmani, also known as Brahmi, one of the seven Mother Goddesses called Matrikas and consort or Shakti (power) of Hindu...
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    patron goddess of Kanyakumari Dewi Danu Matrikas A group of ten mother goddesses make up the Matrikas: Brahmani Maheshwari Kaumari Vaishnavi Varahi Narasimhi...
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  • Skandamata, Katyanani, Kalaratri, Mahagauri, Siddhidhatri Ashta Matrika: Brahmani, Vaishnavi, Raudri, Ambika, Mahendri, Dandinatha, Chamunda, Pratyangira...
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    six of the Matrikas as Varahi, Brahmani, Maheshvari, Indrani, and Vaishnavi, along with Chandika who is not usually included as a Matrika but is named...
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    at Ratnagiri, Odisha, 8th-century Matrika Brahmani sits in lalitasana, north India, 9th-century One of the Matrikas, Nepal, gilt-bronze, 14th century...
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    mother goddesses or Matrikas, found among the ruins, are now in the Khajuraho museum. The goddesses have been identified as Brahmani, Maheshvari, and Hingalaja...
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    Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022. "Sapta Matrika | 7 Matara - Seven Forms of Goddess Shakti". Archived from the original...
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    Shaiva, among the most important are the clans of the 8 Mothers (matris or matrikas). Yoginis are often theriomorphic, having the forms of animals, represented...
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    Mahatmyam introduced into the Sanskritic mainstream are Kali and the Sapta-Matrika ("Seven Mothers"). The first episode (chapter 1) of the Devi Mahatmyam...
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    Devi (section Matrikas)
    Matrikas, that is, the mothers, are seven or eight female divinities, which are depicted as a group. They are all forms of Parvati. They are Brahmani...
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    This usage is also found in the Atharva Veda. In neuter plural form, Brahmāṇi. See Vedic priest. Ishvara, (lit., Supreme Lord), in Advaita, is identified...
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    Ramdevji Suswani Mata Momai Mata Bhadrakali Bhagwati Maa Bhatiji Maharaj Brahmani Mata Chamunda Mata Dada Jasraj Eklingji Dev Narain Gajanan Mata Gogaji...
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  • in Siva temple). Matrikas are the different forms Adi Parashakti. Matrikas are the personified powers of different Devas. Brahmani emerged from Brahma...
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    the side of the southern entrance into the temple shows Tandavesvara and Brahmani. The outer sides at the northern entrance into the temple show Vishnu and...
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  • śraddhāyāmudāne niviṣṭo'mṛtaṁ juhomi śraddhāyāɱ samāne niviṣṭo'mṛtaṁ juhomi brahmaṇi ma ātmāmṛtatvāya — Mahanarayana Upanishad, Section 69, 1 Firm in my religious...
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    (Buddhism) Brahma Samhita Brahmastra Brahma from Mirpur-Khas Brahmakumari Brahmani Demiurge Svetovid "Brahma, Brahmā, Brāhma: 66 definitions". Wisdomlib.org...
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  • (Pārvatī, Uma, Umā) Akilandeswari (Akhilāṇḑeśvarī) Ambika Annapurna Devi Mata Brahmani Bhutamata Durga Aticandika Bambar Baini Bhadrakali Bhagavati Bhavani Bhuvaneshvari...
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    Kaushiki (Shakti that came out of the sheath (or Kosha) of Parvati), Brahmani (She who is the power of Brahma), Kamakshi (she who fulfils desires by...
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  • in Siva temple). Matrikas are the different forms Adi Parashakti. Matrikas are the personified powers of different Devas. Brahmani emerged from Brahma...
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    and at the other is Ganapati. Next to Shiva are the Matrika ("mother") goddesses: Brahmi (or Brahmani), Brahma's consort, with a goose; Maheshvari, the...
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    in Siva temple). Matrikas are the different forms Adi Parashakti. Matrikas are the personified powers of different Devas. Brahmani emerged from Brahma...
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    in Siva temple). Matrikas are the different forms Adi Parashakti. Matrikas are the personified powers of different Devas. Brahmani emerged from Brahma...
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  • Nishumbha and Shumbha. The matrikas represent the inner will power of their respective male God. Saptamatrikas are namely: Brahmani, Vaishnavi, Shivaduti or...
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    in Siva temple). Matrikas are the different forms Adi Parashakti. Matrikas are the personified powers of different Devas. Brahmani emerged from Brahma...
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    Bhairab), Indrayani, Barah (Varah), Kumari, Bishnuvi (Vaishnavi), Bramhayani (Brahmani), Maheswori (Gauri) and Ganesh (Ganesha). Bhairab leads and conducts the...
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