Dasha maha vidyas

1. MantraAcademy/ Exploring the Sacred Feminine Introduction to Śrīvidyā, Daśamahāvidyā,

2. क्षणः स्वप्ने भवेत्कल्पः कल्पश्च भवति क्षणः ॥ Kṣaṇaḥ svapne bhavet kalpaḥ kalpaś ca bhavati kṣaṇaḥ “Sometimes a moment seems like an eternity, and sometimes an eternity seems like a moment. Time is relative and is an illusion of your mind.” -Yoga Vasishtam, Chapter 3, Verse 60.22

3. Adi shakti Tri Devi Mahakali, mahalakshmi, maha saraswati (Based on Gunas) Navadurga Śailaputrī, Brahmacāriṇī Candraghaṇṭ, Kūṣmāṇḍā, Skandamātā Kātyāyanī, Kālarātrī Mahāgaurī, Siddhidātrī (Based on waxing phases of the moon) Dasha-mahavidya Kālī, Tārā,Tripurasundarī (Śrīvidyā) Bhuvaneśvarī, Chinnamastā, Bhairavī,Dhūmāvatī,Bagalāmukh Mātaṅgī, Kamalā (Knowledges for libaration)

4. Tārā Dasha-mahavidya • Story of Daksha, • Shakti locks shiva from all derections • Source - Bruhad-Dharm PuraNa • This narrates how shakti is manifested aroud shiva Bagalāmukh Kamalatmika Matanga Chinnamasta Bhuvaneshvari Shodashi Dhūmāvatī Kālī Bhairavi

5. शवारूढां महाभीमां घोरदंष्ट्रां हसन्मुखीं। चतुर्भुजां खड्गमुण्डवराभयकरां शिवां॥ मुण्डमालाधरां देवीं ललज्जिह्वां दिगम्बरां। एवं सञ्चिन्तयेत्कालीं श्मशानालयवासिनीम्॥ • Kālī - • The Timeless One (kaalasya iyam) • Source: Tantrasāra, Kālī Tantra, Mahānirvāṇa Tantra • She is beyond time • She is naked and showing real mother status

6. प्रत्यालीढपदार्पिताङ्घ्रिशवहृद्गह्वरे स्थितामपराम्। खड्गेन्दीवरकत्रिखर्परभुजां हुंकारबीजोद्भवाम्॥ खर्वा नीलविषालपिङ्गलजटाजूटैकनागैर्युताम्। जाड्यान्नस्य कपालकर्तृजगतां हन्तुं युगतारा स्वयं॥ • Tārā • The Saviour • Source: Tārā Tantra, Bṛhannīlatantra • Tārā, the liberator, guides the seeker across the ocean of saṁsāra. Similar to Kālī in appearance but with a more nurturing aspect, she grants protection, speech, and wisdom.

7. बालार्कमण्डलाभासां चतुर्भाहां त्रिलोचनाम्। पाशाङ्कुश शरांश्चापं धारयन्तीं शिवां भजे॥ • Tripurasundarī (षोडषी) • The Beauty of the Three Worlds • Source: Tripurārahasya, Lalitā Sahasranāma, Paraśurāma Kalpasūtra • Guru of tureeya (Alfa, beta,gama, teta - jagrat, svapna-sushupti,turiya • She is the deity of Śrīcakra and Śrīvidyā. She represents blissful awareness, balancing beauty, love, and spiritual wisdom.

8. उद्यद्दिनद्युतिं इन्दुकिरीटां तुङ्गकुचां नयनत्रययुक्ताम् । स्मेरमुखीं वरदाङ्कुशपाशाभीतिकरां प्रभजे भुवनेश्वरीम् ॥ • 4.Bhuvaneśvarī • Queen of the Universe • Source: Rudrayāmala Tantra, Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa • She is space itself—ākāśa tattva. All forms arise and dissolve in her cosmic womb. She grants worldly success as well as cosmic understanding

9. प्रत्यालीढपदां सदाैव दधतीञ्च्छिन्नां शिरःकृतकाम् । दिग्वस्त्रां स्वकबन्धशोणितसुधाधारांपिबन्तीं मुदा ॥ नागाबद्धशिरोमणिं त्रिनयनां हृद्युत्पलालंकृताम् । रत्यासक्तमनाभवोपरि दृढां ध्यायेज्जवसन्निभाम् ॥ IDa Pingala SuShumna • Chinnamastā • The Self-Decapitated One • Source: Tantrasāra, Chinnamastā Tantra • She is standing on eternal couple rati-manobhava. • This for someone who beyond wordly desires • Guru of KundalinI yoga

10. उद्यद्भानुसहस्रकान्तिमरणाङ्गां शिरोमालिकाम् । रक्तालिप्तपयोधरां जपपटीं विद्यांभीतिं वरम् ॥ हस्ताब्जैर्दधतीं त्रिनेत्रविलसद्वक्त्रारविन्दश्रियम् । देवींबद्धहिमांशुशुरत्नमुकुटां वन्दे समन्दस्मिताम् ॥ • Bhairavī • The Terrifying Beauty • Source: Bhairavī Tantra, Kaulajñānanirṇaya • Beyond sound • Embodiment of fierce tapas. She burns away impurities and represents the kundalinī shakti in her ascending form. She leads to self-mastery and discipline.

11. विवर्णा चञ्चला दुष्टा दीर्घा च मलिनाम्बरा। विमुक्तकुन्तला रूक्षा विधवा विरलद्विजा॥ काकध्वजरथारूढा विलम्बितपयोधरा। शूर्पहस्तातिरूक्षाक्षा धूतहस्ता वरेण्विता॥ प्रवृद्धघोणा तु भूशृङ्गटिला कुटिलेक्षणा। क्षुत्पिपासार्दिता नित्यं भयदा कलहास्पदा॥ • Dhūmāvatī • The Widow Goddess • Source: Dhūmāvatī Tantra, Devī Purāṇa • She is raw energy which so harsh. • Guru of detachment, gi beyond relm of samsara • Widowhood is symbolic of detachment from worldly pleasures. She blesses renunciation, wisdom, and protection from loss.

12. मध्ये सुधाब्धिमणिनमण्डपरत्नवेदीं सिंहासनोपरिगतां परिपीतवर्णाम्। पीताम्बराभरणमाल्यविभूषिताङ्गीं देवीं नमामि धृतमुद्गरवैरिजिह्वाम्॥ • Bhagalamukhī • The Paralyzer of inner enemies • Source: Rudrayāmala Tantra, Bagalāmukhī Tantra • valga - control, Guru of dominate the enemy. • She halts the mind, speech, and enemies—both external and internal. Her sādhana is powerful for victory in debates, control over speech, and dissolving dualistic thought. Madanasura

13. माणिक्याभरणान्वितां स्मितमुखीं नीलोत्पलाभां वरां रम्यालक्तक लिप्तपादकमलां नेत्रत्रयोल्लासिनीम्। वीणावादनतत्परां सुरनुतां कीरच्छदश्यामलां मातङ्गीं शशिशेखरामनुभजे ताम्बूलपूर्णाननाम्॥ • Mātaṅgī • The Tantric Sarasvatī • Source: Mātaṅgī Tantra, Uttara Tantra • guru of Bad times and inauspicious • Mātaṅgī governs speech, music, and the unclean—turning taboo into transformation. She reveals the hidden power of vāṇī and mind.

14. कान्त्या काञ्चनसन्निभां हिमगिरिप्रख्यैश्चतुर्भिर्गजैः हस्तोत्क्षिप्तहिरण्यमायामृतघटैरासिंच्यमानां श्रियम्। बिभ्राणां वरमब्जयुग्ममभयं हस्तैः किरीटोज्ज्वलां क्षौमाबद्धनितम्बबिम्बललितां वन्देऽरविन्दस्थिताम्॥ • Kamalā • The Lotus Goddess • Source: Lakṣmī Tantra, Devī Mahātmya • The Tantric Lakṣmī, Kamalā bestows prosperity, both spiritual and material. She is beauty in fullness and grace in form. She completes the Mahāvidyās with serene abundance.

15. What are the Daśamahāvidyās? देवता -Kālī, Tārā, Tripurasundarī, Bhuvaneśvarī, Chinnamastā, Bhairavī, Dhūmāvatī, Bagalāmukhī, Mātaṅgī, Kamalā. worshiping these facets of devi What is Śrīvidyā? देवता -Worship of Tripurasundarī / Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī Emphasis on: Śrī Cakra (Sri Yantra) Panchadaśī / Ṣoḍaśī mantra What is Navadurga Sādhana? Devī as nine forms of Durgā, worshipped during Navarātri देवता - Śailaputrī, Brahmacāriṇī, Candraghaṇṭā, Kūṣmāṇḍā, Skandamātā, Kātyāyanī, Kālarātri, Mahāgaurī, Siddhidātrī Bhakti-based path, with: Ritual worship, vrata, kanyā pūjā

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