Vaishnavi
Vaishnavi is a powerful form of Lakshmi. Authors Chitralekha Singh and Prem Nath says, "Narada Purana describes the powerful forms of Lakshmi as Durga, Kali, Bhadrakali, Chandi, Maheshwari, Lakshmi, Vaishnavi and Andreye". Also, she is the one who purified Halahal (during Samudra Manthan) into Amrit (Ambrosio).
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Historical notes
- One of the Matrikas brought into existence by Kaushiki.
Relationships
- created by
- Kauśikī
- co occurs with
- Andreye, Kalaratri, Bhima, Tamasi, kali, Durga, Ambika, Mahakali, Bhadrakali, Mahishasuramardini, Raktabija, Munda, Chandi, Katyayini Durga, Vindhyavasini, Yogmaya, Vishnu, Narayana, Kamala, saptamatrikas, Chanda, Parvati, Shumbha, Nishumbha, Mahasaraswati
- aspect of
- Lakshmi
- sibling of
- Brahmani
- child of
- Lakshmi
Mentioned by
- kali
- Durga
- Ambika
- Mahakali
- Bhadrakali
- Mahishasuramardini
- Raktabija
- Munda
- Chandi
- Katyayini Durga
- Vindhyavasini
- Yogmaya
- Vishnu
- Narayana
- Kamala
- saptamatrikas
and 6 more
Sources
Source passages
“Authors Chitralekha Singh and Prem Nath says, "Narada Purana describes the powerful forms of Lakshmi as Durga, Kali, Bhadrakali, Chandi, Maheshwari, Lakshmi, Vaishnavi and Andreye". Also, she is the one who purified Halahal (during Samudra Manthan) into Amrit (Ambrosio).”
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“In her Mahavidya context, Kamala is also rarely associated with incarnations of Lakshmi such as Sita, Radha or Rukmini, though she is identified as two of the Saptamatrikas who are also forms associated with Vishnu, Varahi, and Vaishnavi.”
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“With the help of the Matrikas, who were the feminine forms of the Trimurti consisting of Brahmani, Vaishnavi, and Maheshwari, also Varahi, Narasimhi, Sakti and her dark form Chamunda(Kali) Kaushiki and her forces fought the asuras”
#31108 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5