Kātyāyanī
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Katyayani () is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as the slayer of the tyrannical asura Mahisha. She is the sixth of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the sixth day of Navaratri.
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- Hindu
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- Katyayani Sanghasri 2010 Arnab Dutta.JPG
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- Murti of Katyayani
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- Katyayani
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- Avatar of Durga
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- Goddess of power
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- Kailasha
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- oṃ devī kātyāyanyai namaḥ candrahāsojjvalakarā śārdūlavaravāhanākātyāyanī śubhaṁ dadhyād devī dānavaghātinī
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- Khadga (longsword) Lotus, Abhayamudra, Varadamudra
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- Lion
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- Katyayana
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- Mars
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- Shiva
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- Instance of
- Devi
- Gender
- female
- Languages spoken
- Vedic Sanskrit
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Katyayani Sanghasri 2010 Arnab Dutta.JPG
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- Katyayani
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Iconography
- Origin
- Regional legends
- Worship
- Temples
- References
- External links
Katyayani () is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as the slayer of the tyrannical asura Mahisha. She is the sixth of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the sixth day of Navaratri.
In Shaktism, she is associated with the fierce forms of Shakti or Durga, a warrior goddess, which also includes Bhadrakali and Chandika.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kātyāyanī” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.