devi

deity earth Buddhist single tradition · 18

The devi is regarded as the sri lalitha maha tripura sundari. The complete vision of the image of devi is a figure with four hands, where she has chakra in her upper left hand, a conch shell in her right hand, her lower right hand on the abhaya mudra, and lower left hand on the kati sthala. She has the sri chakra on her navel.

↻ synthesized from 18 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in late Vedic period literature.

Relationships

syncretized with
Deva, 天女, Bhagavati
enemy of
Ashura
manifested by
Suswani, Prakriti

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Sources

Source passages

“The devi is regarded as the sri lalitha maha tripura sundari. The complete vision of the image of devi is a figure with four hands, where she has chakra in her upper left hand, a conch shell in her right hand, her lower right hand on the abhaya mudra, and lower left hand on the kati sthala”

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“The feminine equivalent of deva, devi, is sometimes translated as 天女 (literally "heavenly female"), in names such as 吉祥天女 or 辯才天女, although 天 alone can be used instead.”

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