Kaushiki
Sign in to saveKaushiki (,) is a Hindu goddess, a deity who emerged from the sheath of Parvati. She was emerged from Parvati's cells to defeat the asura brothers Shumbha and Nishumbha, and was also the reason the Matrikas come into existence.
Key facts
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.image
- The Emergence of Kaushiki, Folio from a Devimahatmya (Glory of the Goddess) LACMA AC1999.127.21.jpg
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.name
- Kaushiki
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mantra
- Oṃ Kauśikyai Namaḥ
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.weapon
- Trishula, Bell, bow and arrow, Plough, Pestle, Shanka, Sudarshana Chakra
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mount
- Lion
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.other_names
- Mahasaraswati, Chandika
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.texts
- Markandeya Purana, Devi Bhagavata Purana, Lakshmi Tantra Devi Mahatmya,
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.caption
- The Emergence of Kaushiki, Folio from a Devimahatmya, from Guler, Himachal Pradesh, circa 1750 or earlier Drawings; watercolors
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.festivals
- Navaratri
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.gender
- Female
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.type
- Hindu
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Legends
- Puranas
- Devi Mahatmya Appendices
- Shaiva Agamas
- Tantric texts
- Pancharatra Agamas
- In Jainism
- See also
- References
Kaushiki (,) is a Hindu goddess, a deity who emerged from the sheath of Parvati. She was emerged from Parvati's cells to defeat the asura brothers Shumbha and Nishumbha, and was also the reason the Matrikas come into existence.
== Legends == ===Puranas=== The story of Kaushiki is described in Devi Mahatmyam of Markandeya Purana. According to the Devi Mahatmyam of the Markandeya Purana, the gods approach the goddess in the Himalayas and praise her, whereupon Parvati appears and asks for whom their hymn is intended. As she does so, a dark, fierce goddess emerges from her sheath (kosha), and the Devi Mahatmyam identifies this manifestation as Kaushiki, while Parvati herself is thereafter called Gauri.
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