The Mahavidya (Sanskrit: महाविद्या, IAST: Mahāvidyā, lit. Great Wisdoms) are a group of ten Hindu Tantric goddesses. The 10 Mahavidyas are usually named...
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Hinduism, the goddess Tara (Sanskrit: तारा, Tārā) is the second of the ten Mahavidyas. She is considered a form of Adishakti, the tantric manifestation of Parvati...
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Bhuvaneshvari (category Mahavidyas)
IAST: Bhuvaneśvarī) is a Hindu goddess. She is the fourth amongst the ten Mahavidya goddesses in Shaktism, and one of the highest aspects of Mahadevi. She...
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Bagalamukhi (category Mahavidyas)
Bagalā (Sanskrit: बगलामुखी) is the female form of a personification of the mahavidyas (great wisdom/science), a group of ten Tantrik deities in Hinduism. Devi...
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Matangi (category Mahavidyas)
(Sanskrit: मातङ्गी, IAST: Mātaṅgī) is a Hindu goddess. She is one of the Mahavidyas, ten Tantric goddesses and an aspect of the Hindu Divine Mother. She is...
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Kamalatmika (category Mahavidyas)
of her graceful aspect. She is believed to be the tenth and the last Mahavidya. She is also considered to be the last form of the goddess Adi Parashakti...
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Chhinnamasta (category Mahavidyas)
western states of India), is a Hindu goddess (Devi). She is one of the Mahavidyas, ten goddesses from the esoteric tradition of Tantra, and a ferocious...
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Dhumavati (category Mahavidyas)
(Sanskrit: धूमावती, Dhūmāvatī, literally "the smoky one") is one of the Mahavidyas, a group of ten Hindu Tantric goddesses. Dhumavati represents the fearsome...
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Bhairavi (category Mahavidyas)
Bhairavi (Sanskrit: भैरवी) is a Hindu goddess, described as one of the Mahāvidyas, the ten avatars of the mother goddess. She is the consort of Bhairava...
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the eighth mahavidya goddess Bagalamukhi. Also known as Pitambara, a devi of the Hindu religion and one of the ten most powerful Mahavidyas. She is associated...
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Saraswati (section Mahavidya Nila Sarasvati)
Matangi is also part of the Shakta set of goddesses known as the ten Mahavidyas. Matangi is important in Shri Vidya Shaktism, where she is also known...
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72–73: 155–172. "Tripura Rahasya". Mahavidya Sadhana Centre. Retrieved 2024-10-20. "Sri Vidya Sadhana". Mahavidya Sadhana Centre. Retrieved 2024-10-20...
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text, Radha is the Prakriti-Padmini, who is another form or expansion of Mahavidya Tripura Sundari, while Krishna is identified as a masculine form of Kali...
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Chandanayika Chanda Chandavati Chandarupa Atichandika Ugrachanda Hinduism portal Mahavidya Navaratri Parvati has been described in the nine stage in nine different...
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Bacab Bhairava Diggaja Dikpali Four Heavenly Kings Four sons of Horus Mahavidya Maitei Ngaakpa Lai Matrikas Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri Titan Kumar...
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goddess Bagalamukhi, a devi of the Hindu religion and one of the ten Mahavidyas. She is associated with the colour yellow. The temple is popular at the...
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Mahadevi (section The ten Mahavidyas)
The word Mahavidya means 'Great Knowledge' and the epithet 'Dasamahavidyas', the ten great mantras, is also used to refer to them. The Mahavidyas have been...
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paramahrdaya, or 'innermost heart', of Avalokiteśvara ... It is also ... a mahavidya, a mantra capable of bringing about the 'great knowledge' of enlightenment...
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Palas and the Mahavidyas under the Kochs. The main temple is surrounded in a complex of individual temples dedicated to the ten Mahavidyas of Saktism, namely...
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The oldest temple of the goddess is in Somra (Hooghly), also known as Mahavidya temple. It was established in 1621 CE. The worship of the goddess takes...
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Tripura Sundari, better known locally as Devi Tripureshwari the third mahavidya & main form of Parvati. The temple is situated in the ancient city of...
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Kalijai. Goddess Kalijai is actually Kali, the source and the first 'Mahavidya' of 'Dasmahavidyas'. Highly revered by the local populace, the deity has...
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is in all things the form of wisdom." Kamakhya is associated with the Mahavidyas, who each have temples dedicated to them at the Kamakhya temple complex...
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Rama Surya Varuna Vayu more Goddesses Tridevi Saraswati Lakshmi Parvati Bhumi Durga Kali Mahavidya Matrika Radha Rukmini Sati Shakti Shashthi Sita more...
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Mahadevi Other Vedic Deities Post-Vedic: Avatar Dashavatara Durga Navadurga Mahavidya Kartikeya Ganesha Hanuman Radha Shakti Sita Devatas Vishvakarma Kubera...
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Bagalamukhi Temple, Bankhandi, HP (category Mahavidyas)
goddess Bagalamukhi, a devi of the Hindu religion and one of the ten Mahavidyas. She is associated with the colour yellow. she is also named as peethambara...
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Mahadevi Other Vedic Deities Post-Vedic: Avatar Dashavatara Durga Navadurga Mahavidya Kartikeya Ganesha Hanuman Radha Shakti Sita Devatas Vishvakarma Kubera...
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Rama Surya Varuna Vayu more Goddesses Tridevi Saraswati Lakshmi Parvati Bhumi Durga Kali Mahavidya Matrika Radha Rukmini Sati Shakti Shashthi Sita more...
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Tripura Sundari (category Mahavidyas)
primarily within the Shaktism tradition and recognized as one of the ten Mahavidyas. She embodies the essence of the supreme goddess Mahadevi. Central to...
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Shaktism History Deities Mahadevi (Supreme) Devi Shakti Parvati Durga Mahavidya Kali Lalita Matrikas Lakshmi Saraswati Scriptures and texts Vedas Tantras...
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