Hindu religious traditions
Devi Mahatmyaदेवी माहात्म्य
Embedded Shakta scripture
The Goddess’s battles and praise appear as a distinct sacred text within the Markandeya Purana.
STORY & TRADITION
The world of Devi Mahatmya.
The Goddess’s battles and praise appear as a distinct sacred text within the Markandeya Purana.
The Sacred Library
Details & context.
- Tradition dependence
- High — compare the identified textual or regional account.
- Library category
- Puranas
- Form / textual family
- Embedded Shakta scripture
- Traditional attribution
- An inherited textual tradition; no single historical author is established here.
- Subject & teachings
- The Goddess’s battles and praise appear as a distinct sacred text within the Markandeya Purana.
- Structure
- Consult the identified edition for chapters, recension and numbering.
- Associated deities / figures
- Durga; Kali; Mahishasura; Markandeya Purana
- Textual relationships
- Markandeya Purana
- Historical context
- Composition, transmission and redaction must be distinguished; no unsupported exact date is assigned.
- Reading notes
- Read the Sanskrit with an identified translation. Commentary is presented by its own school, not as the only interpretation.
- Tradition notes
- Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
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The Sacred Library2
Characters & Cosmic Entities25
Related source tradition; the profile reference identifies the passage and evidence status.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editionsRelated source tradition; the profile reference identifies the passage and evidence status.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editionsRelated source tradition; the profile reference identifies the passage and evidence status.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editionsRelated source tradition; the profile reference identifies the passage and evidence status.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editionsRelated source tradition; the profile reference identifies the passage and evidence status.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editionsRelated source tradition; the profile reference identifies the passage and evidence status.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editionsRelated source tradition; the profile reference identifies the passage and evidence status.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editionsRelated source tradition; the profile reference identifies the passage and evidence status.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editionsRelated source tradition; the profile reference identifies the passage and evidence status.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editionsImage credit.
Bhagavata Purana manuscript, West Bengal, 16th century (?), LACMA M.88.134.4. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Robert Slusser. Image courtesy LACMA, public domain.
Original source · Public domain, released with LACMA's Public Domain High Resolution Image Available designationResized and converted to WebP.
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Texts & references.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editions
Sanskrit electronic texts; check the individual file’s edition and contributors.
Multiple traditions · A text directory is a finding aid. Precise passage-level claims are identified separately when available.Reference overview. Consult the identified text and passage; unestablished fields are explicitly marked.