By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Asţacandi, AsţacandI, Ashţacandi
- the eight Candīs
- the group of eight tāntrik male deities who are the emanations, aspects and companions of the Mother Goddess, namely: Mańgalā, Vimalā, Sarvamańgalā, Kālī, Ratrikālikā, Vikaţā, Kāmākhyā and Bhavānī (T. Śāstra).
