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Devi Worship Dasa Mahavidya Names Introduction

I plan to post a series of articles on the subject , incorporating Yoga and Srividya Upasana.

I am posting the different types of worship of the Mother Devi.

They are essentially ten in number, according to Srividya Tantra Shastra.

Details may be found in the Devi-Bhagavata Purana, especially its last nine chapters (31-40) of the seventh skandha.

They are.

Kali – The ultimate form of Brahman, "Devourer of Time" (Supreme Deity of Kalikula systems)
Tara – The Goddess as Guide and Protector, or Who Saves.Who offers the ultimate knowledge which gives salvation (also known as Neel Saraswati).
Tripura Sundari (Shodashi) – The Goddess Who is "Beautiful in the Three Worlds" (Supreme Deity of Srikula systems); the "Tantric Parvati" or the "Moksha Mukta".
Bhuvaneshvari – The Goddess as World Mother, or Whose Body is the Cosmos
Bhairavi – The Fierce Goddess
Chhinnamasta – The self-decapitated Goddess[5]