Sapta Matruka

Sapta Matruka

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Sapta Maturka or Sapta Matris is the collective name of the seven divine mothers - seven(saptan) mothers(matris or matrikas) has been associated with Siva both in mythology and iconography. The Brahmanical view in the Mahabharatha depicted them as destructive female energies responsible for ill fortune and disease and especially attracted to harming children. The mothers were assimilated into both the Siva muth cycle and that of Devi, the Great Mother. Aspects of the mothers are appropriated by Kali and Durga, while Camundi(or Camunda) simply became a manifestation of Devi[1]

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  1. ^ Handbook of Hindu Mythology. P.256. George M. Williams

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