Katyayani
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Katyayani is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as the slayer of the tyrannical asura Mahisha. She is the sixth of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the sixth day of Navaratri.
Murti of Katyayani
Devi Mahatmya in Sanskrit, the central text of Shaktism, dated 11 CE
Mahishasura
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Mahishasura is a bovine asura in Hinduism. He is depicted in Hindu literature as a deceitful demon who pursued his evil ways by shape-shifting. Mahishasura was the son of the asura Rambha and the brot
19th-century painting of Durga fighting Mahishasura
9th-century Kashmir
13th-century Karnataka
2nd-century Uttar Pradesh