mahatmya
माहात्म्य māhātmyaA greatness text: a Puranic passage praising the glory of a deity, a place, or a shrine.
Where this term appears
- What is Tirtha? Pilgrimage in Hindu Life Temples
The chief instrument was the mahatmya literature, the genre of "glorifications" that praised a particular site and catalogued the merit to be won there.
- The 64 Śākta Tantras Lineages
…"I am the queen, the gatherer of treasures." Centuries later the Devī Māhātmya , the seven hundred verses set in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa around the fifth or sixth century, became the first Sanskrit scripture to p…
- The Bhakti Movement History
In a famous passage from the Bhagavata Mahatmya , Bhakti herself appears as a goddess and describes her life.
- The Four Streams of Hinduism Essentials
The Devi Mahatmya , the "Glory of the Goddess," also called the Durga Saptashati , sits embedded in the Markandeya Purana .
- The Twelve Jyotirlingas Temples
…amhita , which gives each of the twelve its own chapter of origin and mahatmya , "greatness." (Chapter numbers in this article follow the J.L.
- Tirupati: The Temple of Venkateshwara Temples
The source for this and the related legends is the Venkatachala Mahatmya , material associated with the Varaha and Skanda Puranas.
- What is Navaratri? Worship
Its name is the Devi Mahatmya , the "Glory of the Goddess," also called the Durga Saptashati , the "seven hundred verses of Durga," and recited simply as the Chandi .
- What is Shakti? Essentials
Cynthia Humes, studying the great Goddess text the Devi Mahatmya in the field, found that its male reciters did not draw feminist conclusions from it.