Home›Hindu Deities›Devi and the Mahavidyas›All Devi and the MahavidyasBrowse ByAll Devi and the MahavidyasThe Great Goddess tradition of Hinduism, including Shakti as the abstract divine feminine power and cosmic energy underlying the goddess tradition as a whole, the warrior goddess Durga and her fierce form Kali, other major independent goddess forms such as Chamunda, Annapurna, Lalita Tripurasundari and the fierce goddess Pratyangira, and the ten Mahavidyas, a specific tantric grouping of wisdom goddesses comprising Kali, Tara, Chhinnamasta, Bhuvaneshvari, Bagalamukhi, Dhumavati, Matangi, Kamala, Bhairavi and Tripurasundari, several of which are counted here individually as their own live entities.FactsAll Devi and the MahavidyasSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonCanonical CountWell-attested10 1Primary Source TextWell-attestedTantra / Shakta Texts 1All Devi and the MahavidyasFilter Results15 entriesPlanetary FaceAllChiron (1)Member OfAllThe Sapta Matrikas (1)Attested InAllDevi Mahatmya (1)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (10)Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being (5)TheologyAllDebated (4)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (11)ArchetypeAllThe Caregiver (2)The Hero (1)The Rebel (2)The Ruler (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (15)Era Attested Start YearAll-400 (2)200 (1)550 (1)600 (2)700 (1)1000 (1)Worshipped InAllHinduism (14)Domain / FunctionAllAgriculture and harvest (1)Beauty (1)Commerce and wealth (1)Cosmic order and truth (3)Creation and cosmogony (1)Death (3)Death Underworld (1)Destruction and dissolution (4)Fate and time (1)Love and desire (1)Magic and sorcery (1)Motherhood (1)Music and poetry (1)Protection and guardianship (4)Victory (1)War and battle (1)GenderAllFemale (15)PantheonAllHindu (14)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15AnnapurnaHindu DeitiesBagalamukhiHindu DeitiesBhairaviHindu DeitiesBhuvaneshvariHindu DeitiesChamundaHindu DeitiesChhinnamastaHindu DeitiesDhumavatiHindu DeitiesDurgaHindu DeitiesKaliHindu DeitiesKamalaHindu DeitiesLalita TripurasundariHindu DeitiesMatangiHindu DeitiesPratyangiraHindu DeitiesShaktiHindu DeitiesTara (Mahavidya)Hindu DeitiesSources1. Wikipedia: Mahavidyatier 2WikipediaMahavidya, count and classification sentenceQuote, Mahavidya, count and classification sentencethe Mahavidya are a group of ten Hindu Tantric goddesses.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.