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18. SAKTISM
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The oldest surviving manuscript of the Devi MÄhätmya, on palm-leaf, in an early Bhujimol script,
Bihar or Nepal, 11th century.
JAMMU & KASHMIR
NEPAL ganga
Gangto
BHUTAN toate
PRIMIZORAM
AMBA
HIMACHAL PRADESH
CHINA UMA PAKISTAN Chandiga
PUNJABLAR UTTARANCHAL Dehradu
ARUNACHAL PRADESH HARYANAS DELHI
SIKKIM UTTAR
PRADESH RAJASTHAN Jaipur
ASSAM GOURI Patna
Dispur /.NAGALAN Thuong
Cohima
thephal GUJARAT
VISHALAKSHI
MANIPUR Bhopal Rarch
URA Azaw! Gandhinagar MADHYA PRADESH JHARKHAND KALI
CHHATTISGARINcals SHARADA
Raipur DIU DAMAN MAHARASHTRA
ORISSA
BANGLADESH DADAR & NAGA
Bhubaneswar HAVELI BHAVANI
Hyderabad ANDHRA 3 PRADESH
YANAM ARABIAN SI MEENAKSHI
(Pondicherry)
SAKTI WORSHIP KARNATAKA
IN INDIA CHAMUNDESWARI
(Ma MEENAKSHI MAHE • (Pondichchery)
The various names TAMILNADU KAMAKSHI KERALA
of Devi Maha Maya AKHLANDESWARI BHAGAVATI
BALA
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Devi Mahatmya is the first religious text to define the Supreme Reality (God) as a female principle. Devi Mahatmya is found in the Markandeya Purana. Composed some 1,600 years ago, c. 400-500 CE,
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