Kaushiki

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Kaushiki
Pestle, Shanka, Sudarshana Chakra
MountLion
TextsMarkandeya Purana, Devi Bhagavata Purana, Lakshmi Tantra, Shiva Purana, Devi Mahatmya, Skanda Purana, Tripura Rahasya, Kalika Purana
FestivalsNavaratri

Kaushiki (

Matrikas come into existence. According to the Lakshmi Tantra, Kaushiki is a manifestation of the goddess Lakshmi
and according to Durga Saptshati, she is a manifestation of Goddess Mahasaraswati.

Legends

Puranas

The story of Kaushiki is described in

Matrikas, who were the female forms of the Trimurti, consisting of Brahmani, Vaishnavi, and Maheshwari, along with Varahi, Narasimhi, and Shakti, and her other half, the goddess Chamunda (Kali), Kaushiki and her forces fought the asuras in a pitched battle in order to vanquish them and restore the natural order.[4] Following this, Parvati performed a penance in the Himalayas to restore her shakti and complexion before reuniting with Shiva
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Shiva Purana associates Kaushiki with Ugratara . It mentions that Kaushiki is also called as Matangi because of her source i.e. Parvati.

She alone is said to be Ugratārikā and great Ugratārikā. She is called Mātaṅgī after the source from which she manifested herself.

— Shiva Purana Uma Samhita Chapter 47, verse 15

Kalika Purana describes Kaushiki as the shakti that was born from the body of Goddess Matangi.

Devi Bhagavata Purana describes Kaushiki as the Shakti that came out from the body of Goddess Parvati, and she is called ‘Kaushiki’ in the beginning of Devi Bhagavata Purana.[5] [6][7][8][9]

O King! When the tormented Devas praised thus, the Devi created from Her body another supremely beautiful form. This created form, the Ambika Devi, became known in all the worlds as Kaushiki, as She came out of the physical sheath of the Devi Parvati.

— Srimad Devi Bhagavatam Fifth Canto, Chapter 23, Verses 1:2
Kaushiki emerges from Parvati

Pancharatra Agamas

In Lakshmi Tantra, Lakshmi Devi tells Indra that she is the shakti who came out of Gauri as Kaushiki and killed many demons, including Shumbha and Nishumbha.

O Sakra, during the period of Tamasa (Manu),
I, the supreme Mahavidya, was Kaushiki, who sprang from the body of Gauri
to slay all those notorious demons including Shumbha and Nishumbha.
Thereby I rescued the worlds and helped the gods.
O lord of all gods, when worshipped with devotion.
I, the goddess Kaushiki fulfiller of many desires, bestow omniscience (on the devotee).

– Lakshmi Tantra, Pancharatra Agama[10]

See also

References

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