Devimahatmya Devimahatmya

Devimahatmya - Definition and Overview

The oldest surviving manuscript of the text, on palm-leaf, in an early Bhujimol script, Bihar or Nepal, 11th century.

The Devimahatmya is a Sanskrit text of 700 verses, arranged into 13 chapters. It is extolling Goddess Devi and her manifestations. A single verse of the text appears in an inscription on the Dadhimatimata temple in the former kingdom of Jodhpur, dated to 608.

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