To Sankar on Chandi Maa

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Sankar wrote:

Devi Mahatmyam is also called Durga Sapthasathi. MAA CHANDI

isconsidered to be the central figure in the epic. Chandi or

Chandikahas been defined by the St. Petersburg dictionary as "the

violent andimpetuous one". Chandika is a derivative from the

adjective Chandi-"fierce, passionate". This epithet is applied to the

Goddess a totalof twenty-nine times (maximum for any epithet) in the

Devi Mahatmyam.Again this epithet is not used in the first Charithra

dealing withMadhu Kaitabha.

Dear Sankar ~ thank you so much for posting this information on the

history of Maa Chandi. Your posts are very informative and support my

work with the Chandi Path.

Chandi Maa Ki Jai ... blessings ~ Linda