 They are described in the Isaanasivagurudevapaddhati, as creations to facilitate Lord Shiva face his adversary Andhakasura.All the Matrikas are depicted in a sitting position known as the Lalitasana and bedecked with heavy jewellery.Scholars state that the concept of Matrikas as powerful goddesses emerged in the early 1st millennium AD, and possibly much earlier.