Goddess Durga killed King of demons Mahishasura using all her feminine powers described with Durga.
The word ‘Mahish’ mean a king (also buffalo) and ‘asura’ means the one who has conquered negative qualities.
Mahishasura’s father Rambha was king of the asuras, and he once fell in love with a water buffalo (Princess Shyamala, cursed to be a buffalo); Mahishasura was born out of this union.
He is, therefore, able to change between human and buffalo form at will (mahisha is Sanskrit word for buffalo).
In mythology buffalo is also depicted with one with uncontrolled desires (predominantly sexual). Nandi (buffalo) is depicted as the Vahan of lord Shiva.
Controlled buffalo is Nandi and uncontrolled Nandi is “Mahisha”.
To kill your inner negative sexual tendencies you need to use all your ten spiritual feminine powers depicted in Durga in nine forms.
As per mythology after nine days of fierce fighting Durga finally manages to kill the powerful Mahishasura on the tenth day of the waxing moon. Durga is, therefore, called Mahishasuramardini (literally the slayer of the buffalo demon), the destroyer of Mahishasura.
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