Chandi
Chandi is the Hindu mother goddess, also known as Mahadevi. Chamunda is described as a fearsome form of Chandi.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- consort of
- Śiva
- co occurs with
- Jaratkaru, Neta, Behula, Chand Sadagar, Anirudha, Lakhinder, Katyayini Durga, Vindhyavasini, Yogmaya, Maheshwari, Vaishnavi, Andreye, Kalika, Chandamari, Durgasur, Durga, Mahadevi, Kauśikī, Astika, Vasuki, Hasan, Neto, Uṣas, Kaśyapa, Mahakali, Ambika, Bhadrakali, Mahishasuramardini, Indra
- syncretized with
- Parvati
- allied with
- Kalaratri
- aspect of
- Parvati
- created by
- Parvati
- has aspect
- Chamunda
- manifested by
- Caṇḍī, Caṇḍikā, Chandika, Mangal Chandi, Sankat Mangal Chandi, Rana Chandi, Olai Chandi
Mentioned by
- Durga
- Mahadevi
- Kauśikī
- Astika
- Vasuki
- Hasan
- Neto
- Uṣas
- Kaśyapa
- Mahakali
- Ambika
- Bhadrakali
- Mahishasuramardini
- Indra
- Parvati
- Lakshmi
and 10 more
Sources
Source passages
“Chamunda is a fearsome form of Chandi, the Hindu mother goddess, Mahadevi”
#23060 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Chandi is one of the most popular goddess in Bengal, and a number of poems and literary compositions in Bengali called Chandi Mangala Kavyas were written from 13th century to early 19th century. These merged the local folk and tribal goddesses with mainstream Hinduism.”
#30394 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Another goddess, Chandi (Ambika) emerged from Parvati's body to destroy the demons. When Chanda and Munda the generals of Shumbha and Nishumbha came to the battle, The dark goddess Kali (in some accounts, called Kalaratri) appeared from the forehead of Goddess Chandi”
#30983 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Shiva took Manasa to his home where his wife, Chandi, suspected Manasa of being Shiva's concubine or co-wife, and insulted Manasa and burnt her left eye, leaving Manasa half-blind. Later, when Shiva was dying of poison, Manasa cured him.”
#35077 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001