The aim of this study is to examine into the meanings and significance of the multiplicity of the feminine in Indian subcontinent as exemplified by the 'Saptamatrkas', The 'nine Durgas the 'letters of the Sanskrit alphabet (matrkas, "little mothers" and so on. The author refer to female deities that seem to function almost always as a group. It is as a group that these deities are considered significant and expounded in the texts.
