LEXICON · TANTRA
Mahāvidyā
महाविद्या
/mah-HAH-vid-YAH/Tantra
Great knowledge — the ten wisdom goddesses of the Śākta Tantric tradition. Each Mahāvidyā represents a specific mode of consciousness and governs a specific karmic-loop archetype. In the KALKI system, the ten Mahāvidyās are the primary classification framework for the emotional patterns that govern human behavior.
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Mahāvidyā is one coordinate in the Lexicon — the KALKI reference system mapping tantrik psychology term by term. Each definition is cross-linked to the practices and patterns it describes.