- Parvati,
whose forms were the
Matrikas and
Bhairavas had
Vedic attributes. Sara L.
Schastok suggests that the
Matrikas maybe inspired by the
concept of...
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challenges Durga to
single combat, she
absorbs the
Matrikas into herself. In the
Vamana Purana, the
Matrikas arise from
different parts of the
Divine Mother...
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Matrika who
enjoys independent worship of her own; all
other Matrikas are
always worshipped together. The Devi
Purana describe a
pentad of
Matrikas who...
- In this battle, the
Matrikas emerged from
different parts of the
supreme goddess. The
Varaha Purana ****ociates each of the
Matrikas with an emotion; Indrani...
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identified with the
Matrikas.
Other yoginis are
described as born from one or more
Matrikas. The
derivation of 64
yoginis from 8
Matrikas became a tradition...
- IAST: Brāhmī), is one of the
seven Hindu mother goddesses known as
Sapta Matrikas. She is a form of
Saraswati and is
considered as the
Shakti of the creator...
-
includes her as the
ninth Matrika.
Though generally the
number of
Matrikas is
seven in
sculpture and literature, nine
Matrikas became po****r in eastern...
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Mātrika metre is a
quantitative system of
poetic metre in Indo-Aryan languages.
Mātrika metre's are
based on
units of
prosodic time (mātrā)
rather than...
- by the
Shakyas and
Bajracharyas community. The
dance depicts the
eight matrikas (or goddess), namely, Kumari, Indirayeni, Bhramayani, Maheswor, Barahi...
- The
Samaya Mātrikā (en: The Courtesan's Keeper) is a
satire written by the 11th-century
Kashmiri poet Kshemendra.
Originally written in Sanskrit, the...
