Historical Period7c CE
Tantric canon c. 7th c. CE; older iconography from Kushan-era reliefs
3000 BCE7th century CEPresent
Sacred Facts · At a Glance
- Gender
- female
- Vahana
- Nandi bull
- Sacred Colours
- white
Primary Scriptures
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Maheshwari
Maheshwari is one of the Eight Mother-Goddesses (Aṣṭa Mātṛkā) — the tantric set of female counterparts to the male gods. The group originated as a Seven Mātṛkā (Sapta Mātṛkā) in classical Gupta and Kushan iconography; the eighth, Chāmuṇḍā, was added in tantric elaboration. The Mātṛkās are worshipped collectively as a ring of protective mother-goddesses encircling a shrine, or individually when invoked in tantric ritual.
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
- Vāhana
- Nandi bull
- Sacred colours
- white
🎊 Festivals
- Navratri (collective worship)Āśvina / Chaitra
Sources & provenance
🎓 1 Scholarly
- 🎓Scholarly sourceBookvarious. The Matrikas: Their Iconography and Worship
