Matrikas
deity earth South India single tradition · 6
The Matrikas are assistants of Durga who wound the demon Raktabīja. Kali is also described as a Matrika.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Cāṃuṇḍā, Dea Matrona, Dís, Idis, Modron, Suleviae, Bacabs, Austri, Four sons of Horus, Diggaja, Dikpali, Maitei Ngaakpa Lai, Norðri, Suðri, Vestri, Potu Razu, Pecci, Kaumari, Kumari (goddess), Kanwari, Mahadevi, Sarasvati, Mahishasura, Nehalennia, Bhairavas, Four Heavenly Kings, Mahavidyas, Parvati, Angalamman, Vishnu, Śiva, Ganesha, Lakshmi, Kārtikeya, devi, Shumbha, Nishumbha
- enemy of
- Raktabija
- syncretized with
- Seven Sisters
- aspect of
- Durga
- created by
- Durga
- has aspect
- Angala Devi
- manifested by
- Durga
Mentioned by
- Nehalennia
- Bhairavas
- Four Heavenly Kings
- Mahavidyas
- Parvati
- Angalamman
- Vishnu
- Śiva
- Ganesha
- Lakshmi
- Kārtikeya
- devi
- Shumbha
- Nishumbha
- Kauśikī
- Angala Devi
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“In Kāli's most famous legend, Durga and her assistants, the Matrikas, wound the demon Raktabīja, in various ways and with a variety of weapons in an attempt to destroy him. They soon find that they have worsened the situation for with every drop of blood that drips from Raktabīja, he reproduces a duplicate of himself.”
#12718 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Seven Sisters are also sometimes conflated with the Matrikas.”
#30025 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Matrikas”
#30591 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Durga manifests other warrior goddesses, the Matrikas, and Kali, to aid in combat.”
#30648 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5