Goddess Prachanda Chandi, also known as Prachanda Chandika, is believed to be the sixth of the Mahavidyas. She rules over the firmament - the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. In the cosmos, the pathway of the Devas is Prachanda Chandi. She is today popularly known as Chinnamastika. She is the deity known in the Vedas as Indrani. Another particularity here is that the manifest and unmanifest effulgence of the firmament is Prachanda Chandi. She is that the transforming which serves as the weapon of the Supreme. She is known as Vajravairochaniya. Vajra is the weapon of the Supreme. On account of her brilliance she is known as Vairochaniya. In the individual she is Kundalini Shakti. Prachanda Chandi springs forth from the same source, muladhara, in the individual. She goes straight to Sahasrara and generates the flow of Amrita from there, causing profound ecstasy. It is by her valour that a subtle passage is opened in the crown