Vaishnavi (Matrika goddess)

Short description: Hindu and Matrika goddess

Vaishnavi

Warrior form of Lakshmi

Affiliation| Devī, Mātṛkā, Lakṣmī, Parvati
Mount| Garuda and rarely elephant
Consort| Shiva as Krodha Bhairava
or Vishnu

Vaishnavi (Sanskrit: वैष्णवी, IAST: Vaishṇavī) is a Hindu goddess and is also a Matrika goddess.[1]

She is the feminine form of Lakshmi and is considered as the Shakti of Vishnu. According to the "Durgāpūjā", "Navaratri" , "Diwali" etc.,  (a Sanskrit ritual manual), she is one of the 64 goddesses to be worshipped during the Āvaraṇapūjā (“Worship of the Circuit of Goddesses”).[2]

## See also

* Lakshmi
* Tridevi

## References

1. ↑ Sapta Matrikas
2. ↑ vaiṣṇavī in śāktism

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