Geography/Culture: Hindustani: Vedic.
Goddess of the night; Protectress of sleep; She Who gaurds against thieves and invaders.
See also Urmya in the Goddess Anthology.

• Perhaps also called Nidra, `Sleep', below.
• See also Kalaratri, below.
• Alternate name, or perhaps a title: Ratri, `Night'.
• Sister of Usas, qv.

Geography/Culture: Hindustani.
Description: Goddess of time; Presiding deity of the night that follows the dissolution of the universe.
To Whom is sacred: noose (with which She ensnares Her victims).
Icon: She is black, half-clad, blood-bespattered, and carries a noose.

• Also called Kutumbini, ----.
• Alternate name for Mahakali, below.
• Presumably Ratri, (see above under Urmya) is Her metaphorical origin.

Geography/Culture: Hindustani.
Description: At the end of an age, at the dissolution of the universe - Goddess of wrath, destruction and the dissolution of the universe.
To whom are sacred: the tamas guna (tamoguna).

• Also known as Kalaratri, above.
• Destructive form of Kali, qv.
• Also known as Ksudha, K$UDH*, `Secondary'.
• Emanation of, and the form assumed by: Mahalaksmi, (below), at the dissolution of the world.
• Popularly associated wtih Mahamari, `{Great-Death}', below.
• Also known as Mahamaya, `{Great-Illusion}'.
• See also Maya.
• Also known as Trsa, `---'.
• Uma, `Gracious-One', is also called Mahakali.
• Also known at Yoganidra, below under Nidra.

Geography/Culture: Hindustani.
Description: She Who embodies the three gunas (sattva, rajas, and tama).
Male associate: consort. Narayana, (Visnu), ----.
To Whom are sacred: the rajas guna.

• Sometimes identified with, or manifests Her nature in: Kali, `Black-One'.
• See also Laksmi, `Sign'.
• At the dissolution of the universe She assumes the form of Her emanation Mahakali, above.
• Nidra, below, is an emanation of Her.
• Radha, qv, is also called Mahalaksmi.
• She is sometimes identified with, or manifests Her nature in: Sarasvati, `She-Who-flows'.

Geography/Culture: Hindustani.
Description: Goddess of disease; She Who is the personification of cholera.

• Popularly identified with Mahakali, `{Great-Blackness}', above.
• Also known as Mahamaya, `{Great-Illusion}', below.
• {Presumably an aspect of, or related to Mari, `Death'}.

Geography/Culture: Hindustani.
Description: Goddess of the transcendent power of illusion; She Who by the divine power of maya makes the universe appear real; She Who is immanent in the world; She Who becomes manifest when carrying out divine purposes.
To Whom are Sacred: {the senses (by which Her illusion is cognizable)}.

• Title of Bhairavi, `The-Terrible'.
• Identified with Durga, `{Inaccessible-One}'.
• Mahakali, (above), is also known by this name.
• Also called Mahamari, above.
• Perhaps an aspect of, or full name of Maya, `Form-of-the-Formless'.

Geography/Culture: Hindustani.
Description: Goddess of rejuvenating sleep {and dreams}; She Who is a treasure.
To whom are sacred: {bed; coffin}.
Male associates: She brings about the sleep of Vishnu at the dissolution of the world.

• Also called: Mahakali, above.
• An emanation of Mahalakshmi, above.
• Mahanidra, M1H*NYDR*, `Great-Sleep', would seem to be form of Her. Some say She is not really a Goddess but an activity of Yogins.
• Uma, `Gracious-One', is known by the name Mahanidra.
• Perhaps an alternate name for Urmya, above.
• Yoganidra, `Sleep-of-Meditation', would seem to be a form of Her.