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1. Devi Mahatmyam / Durga Saptashati relates the story of how devi (mother Goddess) killed Madhu and Kaidabha as Vishnu Maya (Thamasic-base), killed Mahishasura as Lakshmi (Rajashic form-materialistic) and killed Shumbha and Nishumbha in the form of Goddess Saraswathi (Sathvic-spiritual) is known as Devi Mahatmyam in South India, Chandi in West Bengal and as Durga Sapthasathi in the northern parts of the country including Varanasi.
2. Devi is synonymous with Shakti, the female aspect of the divine,as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism.
3. Devi or the divine feminine is an equal counterpart to the divine masculine, and hence manifests herself as the Trinity herself - the Creator (Durga or the Divine Mother), Preserver (Lakshmi, Parvati and Saraswati) and Destroyer (Mahishasura-Mardini, Kali and Smashanakali). 1.
4. Devi Mahatmyam / Durga Saptashati Vol. 1 ,Sanskrit Transliteration,English Translation and their Meaning with Audio. 4.
5. In other Hindu traditions, Devi embodies the active energy and power of male deities (Purushas), such as Vishnu in Vaishnavism or Shiva in Shaivism.
6. Devi or Durga is the supreme Being in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism, while in the Smartha tradition, she is one of the five primary forms of God.
7. Vishnu's shakti counterpart is called Lakshmi, with Parvati being the female shakti of Shiva.
8. As the female manifestation of the supreme lord, she is also called Prakriti, as she balances out the male aspect of the divine addressed Purusha.
9. Devi is the Sanskrit root-word of Divine; its related masculine term is Deva.
10. She is the female counterpart without whom the male aspect, which represents consciousness or discrimination, remains impotent and void.
11. Devi is, quintessentially, the core form of every Hindu Goddess.
12. According to the Vedas, Shakti is claimed to be Maya or illusion that casts a veil over Brahman,the Ultimate reality.
13. Shakti and Brahman are inseparable entities that lie in a single body which reaffirms the claim that Shakti and Shiva coexist.