कौशिकी

In the archaic skandapurANa the goddess kaushikI daughter of umA and rudra places her various emanations across greater India thus:

  • bahuputrikA (a kaumAra goddess) & pralambA lankA;
  • lambauShTI, kiMnarI & vR^iShadaMshA in siMhala;
  • revatI (a kaumAra goddess) in gokarNa;
  • mukhamaNDikA (kaumAra goddess) in pANDya; shivA in AbhIra;
  • shAnti in varaNAtaTa;
  • prabhA in vatsagulma
  • lakShmI in kollagiri;
  • upakA in pArashIka (Iranic land),
  • vAyasI in yavanadesha (Greek land);
  • prachaNDA at tukhArasthAna (Tocharia);
  • lambikA in kausala,
  • jayA+vijayA at svapura (?)
  • prabhAvatI in kali~Nga;
  • jayantI in hastinApura;
  • ShaShThI in kashmIra;
  • saramA in malaya;
  • pUtanA in suvIra;
  • mR^ityu in piShTapura;
  • bahumAMsA in koTIvarsha;
  • kaTapUtanA in paundravardhana;
  • aspR^iShTA in madhyadesha;
  • kiMnarI-2 in barbara;
  • nirAyAsyA & chitragaNTA in vArANasI;
  • mahAkAlI in ujjayinI;
  • vAnarI in shabara-desha.

This list of 32 goddesses include kaushikI herself in the vindhya-s is likely the old list of shaktI-pITha-s that later expanded in number. Some of them survive as is to date. Most famous is lakshmI of kollagiri in modern Maharashtra.