This deity, whose aspects include Chandi and Bhairavi, managed to defeat a demon who had been granted a boon from Brahma whereby every drop of blood that fell from his body could produce thousands of copies of him. The current yuga is named for this deity, who was sometimes said to have sprung from the brow of the ten-armed, tiger-riding goddess Durga. Her husband allowed her to trample him in her
This deity, whose aspects include Chandi and Bhairavi, managed to defeat a demon who had been granted a boon from Brahma whereby every drop of blood that fell from his body could produce thousands of copies of him. The current yuga is named for this deity, who was sometimes said to have sprung from the brow of the ten-armed, tiger-riding goddess Durga. Her husband allowed her to trample him in her victory dance in order to save the world, explaining depictions of her standing over Shiva. FTP, name this black earth-mother worshipped by the Thuggee.
This deity, whose aspects include Chandi and Bhairavi, managed to defeat a demon who had been granted a boon from Brahma whereby every drop of blood that fell from his body could produce thousands of copies of him.