Devi To meet Wikipedia 's quality standards , this article or section may require cleanup . Please discuss this issue on the talk page , or replace this tag with a more specific message . Editing help is available . This article has been tagged since May 2006 . For other uses see Devi ( disambiguation ) . Devi ( Devanagari : देवी ) is the Sanskrit word for Goddess . She is synonymous with Shakti , the female aspect of divinity , and is conceptualized in the Shakta tradition as the driving force without which the male aspect , which represents consciousness or discrimination , is impotent . In Sanskrit grammar , the Devi inflection is named after the Goddess Devi . Aspects Devi is the original form of every goddess in Hinduism . Because of this , all of the goddesses of Hinduism are aspects of Devi . This is a list of the most well known goddesses , ie. devis in Hinduism . Ambika Bhavani Bhutamata Brahmani Chamunda Dakshayani Durga Jagaddhatri Kali Maya Lakshmi Mahavidyas ( ten ) Nirrith Parvati Saraswati Sati Shakti Tara ( Devi ) Uma List of Devi temples Durga parameshwari temple , Kateel Shri Durga temple at Talapady . Mangala devi Temple at Mangalore See also Shaktism Hindu deities List of Hindu deities List of Hinduism-related articles Devi/The Goddess ( 1960 film by Satyajit Ray ) Ramprasad Sen - Shakta poet ( 1720-1781 ) Author of `` Grace and Mercy in Her Wild Hair '' . Ramakrishna Paramahamsa - Shakta mystic ( 1836-1886 ) . Kumari ( Kumari Devi ) - the living goddess of Nepal Kaalratri - the goddess of war , death and justice believed to be the incarnatrion of Kali Brahmani the consort of Brahma Kalyani the goddess of victory and success Vaishnavi the consort of Vishnu Maheshwari goddess of death , judgement and evil destruction , cosort of Shiva Shailaputri Siddhidhatri Chandraghanta All these goddesses are considered to be the different aspects of Devi - Durga . Each of them has her own speciallity and functions . Further reading Hindu Goddesses : Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions ( ISBN 81-208-0379-5 ) by David Kinsley Grace and Mercy in Her Wild Hair  : Selected Poems to the Mother Goddess , Ramprasad Sen ( 1720-1781 ) . ( ISBN 0-934252-94-7 ) External links Mataji 's Ultimate Site -- And Hindu Temple Links . Click for Free Prasad . Listen Gayatri Chants and Mataji Arti . Celebrate Navaratri in its pure form . A site giving evidence of the manifestation of the Devi The Vaishnodevi Temple website is http : //www.maavaishnodevi.org http : //www.jaimatadi.org/ Conception and Evolution of The Mother Goddess in India by Dr.P. C. Jain Shrimad Devi Bhagavatam Translation by Swami Vijñanananda http : //www.tirupatitimes.com/ A visit to this site will show the way to visit several official websites of Indian temples including Sri Vaishnodevi , Lord balaji , Shirdi Sai , Lord Ayyappa and Maata Madurai Meenakshi Kolkata Durga Puja 2006 Photos Hinduism | Hindu mythology | Itihasa Female Deities : Gayatri | Saraswati | Lakshmi | Dakshayani | Parvati | Durga | Shakti | Kali | Sita | Devi | Radha | Mahavidya | more ... Male Deities : Vishnu | Shiva | Rama | Krishna | Ganesha | Kartikeya | Hanuman | Lakshmana | Indra | Surya | more ... Texts : Vedas | Upanishads | Puranas | Ramayana | Mahabharata This box :   view • talk • edit Categories : Cleanup from May 2006 | Goddesses | Hindu goddesses | Mother goddesses | Shaktism In other languages : Deutsch | Français | Lietuvių | Norsk ( nynorsk ) | Slovenščina | Suomi | Svenska | Türkçe May 2006 