Devi

Devi

देवी, devī 

The goddess, God Shiva’s wife, has several hypostases (Kālī, Durgā, Pārvatī, etc.)

As the mistress of Māyā, She is known as Maha-māyā. She is avidyā (ignorance) because She binds, and She is vidyā (knowledge) and therefore liberates and destroys saṃsāra.