Shaktas believe, "the one Truth is sensed in ten different facets; the Divine Mother is adored and approached as ten cosmic personalities," the Dasa-Mahavidya ("ten-Mahavidyas").
As per another school of thought in Shaktism Mahavidyas are considered to be forms of Mahakali, in others as forms of Tripura Sundari.
The Mahavidyas are considered Tantric in nature, and are usually identified as: