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Dhumavati Devi is sometimes regarded as an older form of Devi Kali, in which she represents timelessness and unmanifest life-force. Another tradition identifies Dhumavati Devi with Smashana-kali, "Devi Kali who lives in the cremation ground."

Dhumavati Devi represents the last stage of the Hindu female life. Dhumavati Devi is perhaps the most feared of all the Mahavidya goddesses, known as the very opposite of the great goddess Sri or Laksmi. Dhumavati Devi is said to be The Widow Goddess. The word Dhum means smoke thus she is often portrayed as an old, ugly widow. Her ugly form teaches the devotee to look beyond the superficial, to look inwards and seek the inner truths of life.

Dhumavati Devi is described as a giver of siddhis (supernatural powers), a rescuer from all troubles, and a granter of all desires and rewards, including ultimate knowledge and moksha (salvation). Dhumavati Devi worship is also prescribed for those who wish to defeat their foes.The seed syllable (Beej Mantra) of Dhumavati is Dhum. This mantra used in the worship of Dhumavati Devi, sometimes with her yantra, is believed to create a protective smoke shielding the devotee from negativity and demise. Her worship involves clearing one's mind of all thoughts and leaving back the known, meditating on the unknown silence beyond, and the Void that Dhumavati Devi represents. Shakta-pramoda relates that her worship is useful to acquire siddhi to destroy one's foes.

Dhumavati's worship is considered ideal for unpaired members of society, such as bachelors, widows, and world renouncers as well as Tantrikas. In Dhumavati Devi Varanasi temple, however, she transcends her inauspiciousness and acquires the status of a local protective deity. There, even married couples worship Dhumavati Devi. Although she has very few dedicated temples, her worship by Tantric ritual continues in private in secluded places like cremation grounds and forests.

A legend from the Shaktisamgama-Tantra describes when Sati jumped in Daksha's yagna, Dhumavati Devi rises with a blackened face from the sad smoke of Sati's burning body. She is "all that is left of Sati" and is her outraged and insulted avatar. The Pranatosini-Tantra explains the widowhood of Dhumavati Devi . Once, Sati asked Shiva to give her food. When Shiva declines, the goddess eats him to satisfy her extreme hunger. When Shiva requests her to disgorge him, she obliges. Shiva then rejects her and curses her to assume the form of a widow. Another oral legend tells that Dhumavati Devi was created by the warrior goddess Durga in the battle against demons Shumbha & Nishumbha. Dhumavati's literal name ("she who abides in smoke") comes from her ability to defeat demons by creating stinging smoke.The Pranatosini-Tantra version stresses Dhumavati's destructive aspect and hunger, which is satisfied only when she consumes Shiva, who himself contains or creates the universe. It brings out her inauspicious status as a widow and her self-assertion on her husband.

The nine Mahavidya goddesses other than Dhumavati are Kali, Tara, Chinnamasta, Bhuvanesvari, Bagalamukhi, Kamala, Matangi, Shodasi Tripura Sundari, and Bhairavi.

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