chamunda
चामुण्डा cāmuṇḍāA fierce form of the Goddess, the name Kali earns by slaying the demons Chanda and Munda in the Devi Mahatmya.
Where this term appears
- Who is Kali? Deities
…ers their armies and beheads the two demon-generals, earning the name Chamunda .
- Kali: The Black Mother of Time Treatise
In its seventh chapter she springs, black and ravenous, from the furrowed brow of the warrior-goddess Ambika to destroy the demon generals Chanda and Munda, and from that deed she takes the name Chamunda .
- The Mothers Treatise
The Matrikas ('the Mothers') are a group of fierce mother-goddesses, most often counted as seven (Sapta-Matrika) or eight (Ashta-Matrika), who function as the…