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Ashtadashabhuja Mahalakshmi
Ashtadashabhuja Mahalakshmi or Mahalakshmi Chandika or Mahishasur mardini Mahalakshmi is one of the three deities of Durga Saptashati or Devi Mahatmayam which are all the manifestations of Adishakti or Parvati and which are invoked and worshipped in the none days of Navratri.

Legends
As per Durga Saptashati, Ashtadashabhuja Mahalakshmi is the Goddess who appeared from the collective energies of the Gods to kill Mahishasura who had gained the boon from Brahma that only a woman will be able to kill him. This story is repeated in many Shakta and Shaiva Puranas including Devi Bhagwatam and Shiva Purana. In these Puranas and in Markandeya Purana 's Durga saptashati, She is said to be having Eighteen hands in which she holds weapons like axe, trident, discus, mace, conch, rosary, thunderbolt, bow, shakti, arrow, shield, sword, a container of wine, lotus, club, bell,noose and spear. Her story in Durga Saptashati constitutes of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th chapters which collectively are called as Madhyam Charita. Mahalakshmi is also called as Trigunatmika Prakriti as she is the Goddess which possesses all the three Gunas - Sattva, Rajas and Tamas inside her. She assumes the form of Mahakali from her Tamasic Nature and The form of  Kaushiki Mahasaraswati from her Sattvik Nature and this is testified by  Durga saptashati

== First and foremost Is MahāLakṣmī, Who Holds the three forces of creation. She Is The Supreme Sovereign. She Is both defined by Form and Indefinably Formless; having Manifested in every way, She Abides in everything.- Durga Saptashati, Pradhanika Rahasyam ==