[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Elements of Hindu Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914) › v3.c19.8 # Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.8 Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.8 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.8) Regarding the supremacy of Dēvī as a deity and her position as the source of all divine as well as cosmic evolution, it is worth quoting from the same authority. It is said in the Mārkaṇḍēya-purāṇa—“The Gupta-rūpi Dēvī, that is, the Dēvī who is unmanifested, takes the three forms of Lakshmī, Mahākālī and Sarasvatī, representing the - [Previous: v3.c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.7) - [Next: v3.c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.9) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.rao-1914.v3.c19.8) · Pramāṇa