Astamatara

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Matrikas
Matrikas,(Sanskrit: , lit. "The Mothers"), also called Mataras - (Sanskrit: ), are a band of Hindu divinities, who always appear in a group. In the 6th century encyclopedia Brihat-SamhitaVarahamihira is has mentioned that “Mothers are to be made with cognisances of [different major Hindu] gods corresponding to their names.”
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Astamatara
[Hindu] A Hindu (Puranic) group of mother goddesses.


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