#shashthi

उत्तप्तहेमरुहचरां रविचन्द्रवह्निनेत्राम् धनुश्शरयुतांकुशपाशशूलम्। रम्यैर्भुजैश्च दधतीं शिवशक्तिरूपां कामेश्वरीं हृदि भजामि धृतेन्दु लेखाम् ।। uttapta hema rucirāṃ ravi candra vahni netrām dhanuś-śarayutāṅkuśa pāśa śūlam। ramyair bhujaiś ca dadhatīṃ śiva-śakti rūpāṃ kāmeśvarīṃ hṛdi bhajāmi dhṛtendu lekhām।। In my heart I adore Kāmeśvarī, the embodiment of Śiva-Śakti, beautiful like melting gold, who wears a crescent moon, whose eyes are the sun, the moon, and fire, and who holds in her enchanting hands a bow with arrows, a goad, a rope and a spear.

A Kameshwari on Shashthi based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam (Source) by @rishabhaa

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❀ चंपा षष्ठी व्रत भगवान शिव एवं माता पार्वती के बड़े पुत्र भगवान कार्तिकेय को समर्पित है। ❀ चंपा षष्ठी को स्कंद षष्ठी के नाम से जाना जाता है। ❀ एक अन्य मान्यता के अनुसार, यह त्यौहार भगवान शिव के माने गये अवतार खंडोबा जी को समर्पित है। ❀ भगवान शिव का यह खंडोबा रूप किसानों, चरवाहों और शिकारियों का स्वामी माना जाता है।

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Correct! One can assume she would have used the same "Hindu goddess" template as Sarasvati/Paravati/Sati.

Similarly to Shashthi, there's a couple more unique names that popped up in Megaten Maniacs' Nocturne draft materials. I swore I've talked about them before, but I can't find it. Anyway, on page 95 there's a list on a page dated to March 1999 with these demons listed:

These are, from left to right: Leviathan, Behemoth, Tiamat, Humbaba, Set, Typhon, Angra Mainyu, Aka Manah, Azhi Dahaka, Balor, Surt, Loki, Fenrir, Jormundgandr, Chernobog, Chiyou, Mahakala, Vritra, Yomi Gozen, Ushitora Konjin, Lucifer, Satan.

Did someone say twins? In this painting, the Hindu Goddess Shashthi, protector of children, gloriously rides upon a cat while caring for two infants. Congrats to Beyonce and JayZ.

Shashthi Devi, kalighat painting, Bengal.

“She is a Hindu goddess, venerated in Nepal and India as the benefactor and protector of children. She is also the deity of vegetation and reproduction and is believed to bestow children and assist during childbirth. She is often pictured as a motherly figure, riding a cat and nursing one or more infants. She is symbolically represented in a variety of forms, including an earthenware pitcher, a banyan tree or part of it or a red stone beneath such a tree; outdoor spaces termed Shashthi Tala are also consecrated for her worship. Barren women desiring to conceive and mothers seeking to ensure the protection of their children will worship Shashthi and request her blessings and aid. She is especially venerated in eastern India.”