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Mahavidyas

Mahavidyas is a collective name of a group of goddesses, Buddhist (Mahavanna). The ten personifications of the Shakti, feminine quality, of Shiva, associated with the possession of knowledge of knowledge. A.G.H.

Source:

Jordan, Michael, Encyclopedia of Gods, New York, Facts On File, Inc. 1993, p. 153