The Ten Mahavidyas are known as Wisdom Goddesses. The spectrum of these ten Goddesses covers the whole range of feminine divinity, encompassing horrific Goddess's at one end, to the ravishingly beautiful at the other. Mahavidya means (Maha - great; vidya - knowledge) Goddesses of great knowledge.

The ten forms of Shakti
• Kali - the Eternal Night
• Tara the - Compassionate Goddess
• Shodashi - the Goddess who is Sixteen Years old
• Bhuvaneshvari - the Creator of the World
• Chinnamasta - the Goddess who cuts off her Own Head
• Bhairavi - the Goddess of Decay
• Dhumawati - the Goddess who widows Herself
• Bagalamukhi - the Goddess who seizes the Tongue
• Matangi - the Goddess who Loves Pollution
• Kamala - the Last but Not the Least