[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1167 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1167 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1167 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1167) MĀTRIS. ‘Mothers’ The divine mothers. These appear to have been originally the female energies of the great gods, as Brahmānī of Brahmā, Maheswarī of Siva, Vaishnavī of Vishnu, Indrāni or Aindrī of Indra, &c. The number of them was seven or eight or sixteen, but in the later mythology they have increased out of number. They are connected with the Tantra worship, and are represented as worshipping Siva and attending upon his son Kārtikeya. - [Previous: c5.1166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1166) - [Next: c5.1168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1168) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1167) · Pramāṇa