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Saptamatrikas

Saptamatrikas comes from Sanskrit सप्तमातृका ‘seven mothers’.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसप्तमातृकाsaptamātṛkā‘seven mothers’
  2. EnglishtodaySaptamatrikas

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसप्तमातृकाsaptamātṛkā‘seven mothers’
  2. EnglishtodaySaptamatrikas

Formed from -s

Today it means

name A collective term for the mother goddesses Brahmani, Vaishnavi, Maheshvari, Indrani, Kaumari, Varahi, and Chamunda.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit सप्तमातृका / Saptamatrikas