Part 6.4 - Key Drivers

[Full title: Shaktism (India And Indonesia)—Key Drivers]

Shaktas Devi is close to a large number of avatar images. However, they are all viewed as multifaceted units of the Supreme Goddess.

With many of the names used to refer to them -Devī, Candikaa, Ambikaa, Kaalī and plenty of others -it's easy to forget that Devi is already one. [In the central book of Shivta Devi Mahatmiyam], Davy reveals that she is one without the second, saying: "I am alone here in the world, who is beside me?" After the proclamation of divine unity, called Mahavakya or the great saying of Devīmaahaatmya, explains that each [other goddess] is the only expectation of his power, like all other forms of living.

Devi's primitive form was revered by Shakta, ishta-devi. The repertoire of this deity may depend on many factors, including family traditions, regional practice, teacher ratios, personal resonance, and so forth. There are thousands of avatar gods, many of which are associated with exclusive temples, geographical features or even individual villages. However, there are several gods known as known gods, loved in the Hindu world, and assumed almost all goddesses in Hinduism to represent one or more of these "mundane" deities.

The best known gratified goddesses of well-known Hinduism include:

1. Adi Parashakti: The Goddess as Original, Transcendent Source of the Universe.

2. Durga (Amba, Ambika):The Goddess as Mahadevi,Material Manifestation of Supreme Divinity (Brahman)

3. Lakshmi (Sri): The Goddess of Material Fulfillment (wealth, health, fortune, love, beauty, fertility, etc.); consort (shakti) of Vishnu

4. Parvati (Gauri, Uma): The Goddess of Spiritual Fulfillment (divine love; the saguna [i.e. having material qualities] form of Adi-Parashakti); consort (shakti) of Shiva

5. Saraswati: The Goddess of C ultural Fulfillment (knowledge/education, music, arts and sciences, etc.); consort (shakti) of Brahma; identified with the Sarasvati River

6. Gayatri: The Goddess as Mother of Mantras

7. Ganga: The Goddess as Divine River; identified with the Ganges River

8. Sita: The Goddess as Rama's consort

9. Radha: The Goddess as Krishna's lover

10. Sati: The Goddess of Marital Relations; original consort (shakti) of Shiva.^[1]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Sanderson, Alexis. "The Śaiva Literature." Journal of Indological Studies (Kyoto), Nos. 24 & 25 (2012–2013), 2014, pp. 80