Chandi

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Chandi is a fierce and powerful warrior aspect of the Hindu goddess Devi, associated with the destruction of evil and protection of the righteous.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Chandi canonical 8
Chandi Path 1
Chandi di Var 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess ⓘ
aspect of Devi ⓘ
warrior goddess ⓘ
associatedWith battle ⓘ
righteous anger ⓘ
Shaktas ⓘ
surface form: shakti

victory over demons ⓘ
belongsToTradition Devi Mahatmya ⓘ
surface form: Devi Mahatmya tradition

Shaktism ⓘ
cosmicFunction annihilation of adharma ⓘ
upholding dharma ⓘ
cultCenter Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Bengal region

eastern India ⓘ
defeated Mahishasura ⓘ
asura armies ⓘ
epithet Chamunda ⓘ
Mahishasuramardini ⓘ
festival Durga Puja ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasQuality fierce ⓘ
powerful ⓘ
hasRole destroyer of evil ⓘ
protector of the righteous ⓘ
iconographyFeature holding weapons ⓘ
multiple arms ⓘ
terrifying expression ⓘ
isAspectOf Devi ⓘ
Devi ⓘ
surface form: Durga

Goddess Gauri ⓘ
surface form: Parvati
languageOfName Sanskrit ⓘ
meaningOfName the fierce one ⓘ
mentionedIn Devi Mahatmya ⓘ
Markandeya Purana ⓘ
mount lion ⓘ
tiger ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
ritual recitation of Devi Mahatmya ⓘ
textualForm Chandi Path ⓘ
weapon bow and arrows ⓘ
sword ⓘ
trident ⓘ
worshipForm Shakta tradition ⓘ
worshippedAs form of Devi ⓘ
form of Durga ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Devi → hasAspect → Chandi ⓘ
Shaktism → associatedDeity → Chandi ⓘ
Dasam Granth → contains → Chandi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chandi di Var
Tripura Sundari → otherName → Chandi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kameshwari
Devi Mahatmya → alsoKnownAs → Chandi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chandi Path
Devi Mahatmya → alsoKnownAs → Chandi ⓘ
Chandi Mandir (temple of the goddess Chandi) → dedicatedTo → Chandi ⓘ
subject surface form: Chandi Mandir
this entity surface form: Goddess Chandi
Chandi Mandir (temple of the goddess Chandi) → primaryDeity → Chandi ⓘ
subject surface form: Chandi Mandir
Shaktas → primaryDeityForm → Chandi ⓘ
Sarala Das → wroteAbout → Chandi ⓘ
this entity surface form: goddess Chandi
Chandi Temple → hasDeity → Chandi ⓘ