Editing Devi Mahatmya (section)

==Etymology==
[[Image:Devimahatmya Sanskrit MS Nepal 11c.jpg|thumb|upright 1.4|The oldest surviving manuscript of the Devi Māhātmyam, on palm-leaf, in an early [[Bhujimol]] or [[Newar script|Newari]] script, [[Nepal]], 11th century]]
''Devi Mahatmyam'' means 'Glorification of the Goddess'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Library |url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/devi-mahatmya-or-13733 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=www.bl.uk |archive-date=2023-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719223333/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/devi-mahatmya-or-13733 |url-status=live }}</ref> The text is also called ''Durga Saptaśati'' (literally a collection of seven hundred" or something that contains seven hundreds in number), as it contains 700 [[shloka]]s (verses).{{Sfn|Coburn|1991|pp=27-31}} 

It is also known as ''Candi Patha.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devi Mahatmya |url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/devimahatmya |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.bl.uk |archive-date=2023-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720001703/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/devimahatmya |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Caṇḍī|{{IAST|Caṇḍī}}]]'' or ''{{IAST|Caṇḍika}}'' is the name by which the Supreme Goddess is referred to in ''Devī Māhātmyam''. According to Hindu Scriptures, ''{{IAST|Caṇḍikā}}'' is "the Goddess of Truth and Justice who came to Earth for the establishment of Dharma", from the adjective ''{{IAST|caṇḍa}}'', "fierce, violent, cruel for evil forces not for good forces". The epithet has no precedent in Vedic literature and is first found in a late insertion to the [[Mahabharata]], where ''{{IAST|Chaṇḍa}}'' and ''{{IAST|Chaṇḍī}}'' appear as epithets."<ref>Coburn, Thomas B., Devī Māhātmya. p 95</ref>