Parvati did not become Kali to prove power. She became Kali to protect Dharma, when nurturing was mistaken for weakness, when ...

5. 5. The Devi Mahatmya was considered significant among the Puranas by Indologists. This is indicated by the early dates at which it was translated into European languages.

Throughout the hundreds of religious texts in the Hindu religion, the story of Devi Mahatmya is one of the most important, describing Mother as creator, destroyer and protector of the universe ...

Devi Mahatmya, a part of the Markandeya Purana, is one of the Puranas (secondary Hindu scriptures), and was composed in Sanskrit around 400-500 CE, with authorship attributed to the sage (Rishi ...

The fights between Devi as Maha Durga, Maha Lakshmi and Maha Saraswati with the demonic forces described in detail in the Devi Mahatmya are to be seen as powerful myths to convey higher truths ...

Maa Kali is the fearful and ferocious form of the mother goddess Durga. She assumed the form of a powerful goddess and became popular with the composition of the Devi Mahatmya, a text of the 5th ...

Many experts claim that the all-powerful Goddess Durga — portrayed as the vanquisher of demons on Earth — finds no mention in ancient Vedic literature either, though references can be found in Devi ...

Why We Invoke Devi Ma - Why do we celebrate Navaratri, a festival that exalts Devi in her various forms — and that, too, more than once a year — even as despicable ...

Devi: The Goddesses of India is a re-edition in some manner of Divine Consort: Radha and the Goddesses of India, published in 1997 by the same editors. However, this is a new and wider look at the ...

Devi: The Goddesses of India is a re-edition in some manner of Divine Consort: Radha and the Goddesses of India, published in 1997 by the same editors. However, this is a new and wider look at the ...