In light of this primacy of this designation of the Goddess, it is striking that the word Chandika hasvirtually no earlier history in Sanskrit. Again this epithetis not used in the first Charithra dealing with Madhu Kaitabha. Chandika is a derivative from the adjective Chandi- "fierce, passionate".This epithet is applied to the Goddess a total of twenty-nine times (maximum for any epithet) in the Devi Mahatmyam. Petersburg dictionary as "the violent and impetuous one". Chandi or Chandika has been defined by the St. MAA CHANDI is the central figure in the epic. Facets of the bible of the Sakthas.ĭevi Mahatmyam is also called Durga Sapthasathi. I will be posting on Devi Mahatmyam on all the nine days. ![]() ![]() The following post was written 10 years back. On this occasion, I thought I should post on Devi Mahatmyam.
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