The Das Mahavidyas are the ten Wisdom Goddesses. Das means ten, maha means great, and vidya means wisdom. The Das Mahavidyas are ten different forms of Divine Maa Kali, who is the first of the ten Mahavidyas. Worship of Maa Shakti is referred as Mahavidya. Out of various tantrik practices, the sadhna of the ten main Devis is called the Dasmahavidyas. They are Kali, Tara, Maha Tripura Sundari (or Shodasi-Sri Vidya), Bhuvaneshvari, Bhairavi, Chinnamasta , Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi, and Kamala. These ten forms of Shakti are the epitome paradigm of the entire universe.