Devi-Charit
Devi-Charit — 15 chapters, 150 questions. From several texts.
The Goddess's stories are found whole in no single text either. The largest source is the Devi Mahatmya (the Durga Saptashati), which sits inside the Markandeya Purana — Mahisha, Raktabija and Shumbha-Nishumbha are all from there. The Devi Bhagavata Purana, the Kalika Purana and the Lalitopakhyana of the Brahmanda Purana each add their own parts. The oldest voice is the Devi Sukta of the Rig Veda (10.125). One question runs through the whole gatha: is the Goddess one, or many? The Shakta tradition says one — Durga, Kali, Parvati, Lakshmi and Saraswati are all her forms. Vaishnava and Shaiva texts often make her a wife or a helper rather than the supreme power, and that difference is recorded in every chapter. Village goddesses like Manasa and Shitala are a separate living stream. The stories of Sati and Daksha, the Shakti Pithas and the ashes of Kama are already told on this site in Shiv-Mahima — here they are seen from her side, not retold.
- Vak — I Am — The Goddess's own voice
- Mahamaya — Vishnu's Yoga Nidra
- Durga — The Goddess Born from Defeat — Born from the gods' light
- Mahishasura-mardini — The end of Mahishasura
- Kali, from Kaushiki — Parvati, Kaushiki and Kalika
- Chamunda — Kali Becomes Chamunda
- Kali and Raktabija — The Blood That Multiplied
- I am alone — The Goddess Stands Alone
- The Seven Mothers — The Mothers of Battle and Temple
- The Ten Mahavidyas — Sati's Ten Forms
- Lalita and Bhandasura — A demon from ash, a goddess from fire
- Shakambhari and Durgama — Shatakshi Becomes Shakambhari
- Lakshmi and Saraswati — Lakshmi and Saraswati in Their Own Right
- Manasa, Shitala, Shashthi — Three Goddesses of Folk Tradition
- The Devi Gita — the last I — From battle to teaching