Brahmi

Brahmi is one of the Sapta Matrikis (Seven Divine Mothers); also called Brahmani.

Brahmi is the Shakti (power) of the creator god Brahma.  She is depicted yellow in colour and with four heads.  She may be depicted with four or six arms.  Like Brahma, she holds a rosary or noose and kamandalu (water pot) or lotus stalk or a book or bell and is seated on a hamsa (identified with a swan or goose) as her vahana (mount or vehicle).  She is also shown seated on a lotus with the hamsa on her banner.  She wears various ornaments and is distinguished by her basket-shaped crown called karanda-mukuta.