The ten Mahavidyas
Water Color Painting on Paper. Artist: Kailash Raj
Mahavidyas (Great Wisdoms) or Dasha-Mahavidyas are a group of ten aspects of the Divine Mother Durga or Kali herself
or Devi in Hinduism. The 10 Mahavidyas are Wisdom Goddesses, who represent a spectrum of feminine divinity,
from horrific goddesses at one end, to the gentle at the other.
Shaktas believe, “the one Truth is sensed in ten different facets; the Divine Mother is adored and approached
as ten cosmic personalities,” the Dasa-Mahavidya (“ten-Mahavidyas”).
The Mahavidyas are considered Tantric in nature, and are usually identified as:
Kali – The ultimate form of Brahman, “Devourer of Time” (Supreme Deity of Kalikula systems).
Tara – The Goddess as Guide and Protector, or Who Saves. Who offers the ultimate knowledge
which gives salvation (also known as Neel Saraswati).
Tripura Sundari (Shodashi) – The Goddess Who is “Beautiful in the Three Worlds”
(Supreme Deity of Srikula systems); the “Tantric Parvati” or the “Moksha Mukta”.
Bhuvaneshvari – The Goddess as World Mother,
or Whose Body is the Cosmos.
Bhairavi – The Fierce Goddess.
Chhinnamasta – The self-decapitated Goddess.
Dhumavati – The Widow Goddess,or the Goddess of death.
Bagalamukhi – The Goddess Who Paralyzes Enemies
Matangi – the Prime Minister of Lalita (in Srikula systems);
the “Tantric Saraswati”.
Kamala – The Lotus Goddess; the “Tantric Lakshmi”.
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