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She is widely worshipped in Hindu traditions. There is a separate tradition within Hinduism devoted to her worship called shakta. Hindu Tantra is practically inseparable from Shaktism. She is visualised in 3 forms as Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.
She comes in many aspects (see list at bottom). Devi is the mother of all living things. Her right hand holds joy and pain and her left hand holds life and death. She is a goddess of fertility, rain, health and nature, and holds the entire universe in her uterus. She is also a goddess of death
In art, Devi is depicted as having eight arms, one of which wields a sword. She rides a lion or tigerTigers Panthera tigris are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four " big cats" that belong to the Panthera genus. Tigers are predatory carnivores. Tigers are easily recognizable by their stripes and their tawny fur color, which may range from yellow to into battle.
Her main scripture, adored by Hindus, is the Devi Mahatmyam (also known as Chandi Path and Durga Saptashati ), in which an allegorical telling of the binding force of MayaThe word Maya or maya can refer to: the Maya a native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America the modern Maya people the pre-Columbian Maya civilization the Maya language Maya a concept in Hindu/ Vedic philosophy a state of misperc and ego is represented through devotional stories about the Divine Mother slaying demons who afflict the world. A common hymn to Her is the Lalitha sahasranamaLalitha sahasranama is a hymn that describes the 1000 names of Devi or Lalitha and praises God as the Divine Mother or God's Shakti or Power. Lalitha Sahasranama is a hymn described in the Brahmanda Purana. It was recited as a result of conversation betwe, which describes Her 1000 names.
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