female deity, servant of Durgâ. Originally, they were eight in number, then thirteen, then finally sixty four. They are dreadful and highly feared. Names of the eight first are : Mârjanî, Karpûra-Tilakâ, Malaya-Gândhîni-Kaumudikâ, Bherundâ, Mâtâli, Nâyakî, Jay