Das Mahavidyas - Ten Incarnations Of Goddess Shakti

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Namaste Vinod,The 10 Mahavidhyas are a group of 10 Goddesses known as the Wisdom Goddesses which are:Kali - the Eternal Night

Kali is mentioned as the first amongst the Mahavidyas. Black as the night

(ratri) she has a terrible and horrific appearance. The word 'ratri'

means "to give," and is taken to mean "the giver" of bliss,

of peace of happiness. Read Kali Mantra

 

Tara - the Compassionate Goddess

Literally the word 'tara' means a star. Thus Tara is said to be the star of our

aspiration, the muse who guides us along the creative path. Read Tara Mantra

 

Shodashi - the Goddess who is Sixteen

Years Old

The word 'Shodashi' literally means sixteen in Sanskrit. She is thus visualized

as sweet girl of sixteen. In human life sixteen years represent the age of

accomplished perfection after which decline sets in. This girl of sixteen rules

over all that is perfect, complete, beautiful. Read Shodashi Mantra

 

Bhuvaneshvari - the Creator of the World

The beauty and attractiveness of Bhuvaneshwari may be understood as an

affirmation of the physical world, the rhythms of creation, maintenance and

destruction, even the hankerings and sufferings of the human condition is

nothing but Bhuvaneshvari's play, her exhilarating, joyous sport. Read Bhuvaneshwari Mantra

 

Chinnamasta - the Goddess who cuts off her

Own Head

The image of Chinnamasta is a composite one, conveying reality as an

amalgamation of sex, death, creation, destruction and regeneration. It is

stunning representation of the fact that life, sex, and death are an intrinsic

part of the grand unified scheme that makes up the manifested universe. Read Chinnmasta Mantra

 

Bhairavi - the Goddess of Decay

Bhairavi embodies the principle of destruction and arises or becomes present

when the body declines and decays. She is an ever-present goddess who manifests

herself in, and embodies, the destructive aspects of the world. Destruction,

however, is not always negative, creation cannot continue without it. Read Bhairavi Mantra

 

Dhumawati - the Goddess who widows Herself

she is the embodiment of "unsatisfied desires." Her status as a widow

itself is curious. She makes herself one by swallowing Shiva, an act of

self-assertion, and perhaps independence. Read Dhumavati Mantra

 

Bagalamukhi - the Goddess who seizes the

Tongue

The pulling of the demon's tongue by Bagalamukhi is both unique and significant.

Tongue, the organ of speech and taste, is often regarded as a lying entity,

concealing what is in the mind. The Bible frequently mentions the tongue as an

organ of mischief, vanity and deceitfulness. The wrenching of the demon's

tongue is therefore symbolic of the Goddess removing what is in essentiality a

perpetrator of evil. Read Bagalamukhi Mantra

 

Matangi - the Goddess who Loves Pollution

Texts describing her worship specify that devotees should offer her uccishtha

(leftover food) with their hands and mouths stained with leftover food; that

is, worshippers should be in a state of pollution, having eaten and not washed.

This is a dramatic reversal of the usual protocols. Read Matangi Mantra

 

Kamala - the Last but Not the Least

The name Kamala means "she of the lotus" and is a common epithet of

Goddess Lakshmi. Lakshmi is linked with three important and interrelated

themes: prosperity and wealth, fertility and crops, and good luck during the

coming year. Read Kamala MantraFor more information, pls visit:/mahavidyas.html The Goddesses may be worshipped together in one Yantra:/dispProduct.php?shree-das-mahavidya-yantra---10-inches & prodId=4691 Or they may be worshipped singly:/dispProductlist.php?dasmahavidya-yantras & subcatId=437 Best wishes. , Vinod Devarshetty wrote:>> Namaste Narasimye ji,> > Can you put more light on DasMahaVidhya. What is this and who are in the list. I'm quite eager to know about it.> > Rgds...Vinod> > > --- On Fri, 26/2/10, narasimhaye no_reply wrote:> > narasimhaye no_reply > RBSC : Das Mahavidyas - Ten Incarnations Of Goddess Shakti> > Friday, 26 February, 2010, 10:09 AM> > Pranam> > > > Namaste Naveen,> > > > Its very good to hear you've taken darshan with a guru who is head of Kurthala Petam in Tamilnadu. You should now consider him as your guruji and go to him for Nama Diksha, Upadesha of mantra and beyond. He will be sure to give you guidance and blessings.> > > > Regarding which goddess to commence worshipping first, its best to start with Maa Kali who is the first DasMahaVidhya and work through each goddess until the last one on the list of Ten Mahavidhyas.> > > > Its best to learn sadhana from your guruji and also mantras. As his shishya I'm sure he will teach you what is necessary to know. Getting advice on the internet from other gurus cannot be the same as having the wonderful experience or relationship with your actual guruji.> > > > As the book was written with the stages of upasana that he practises and teaches, only he can explain the processes that his lineage adopts. Please contact him for advice.> > > > Best wishes.> > > > rudrakshabeadsociet iesclub@gro ups.com, Tirunagari Naveen Kumar wrote:> > > Dear narasimhaye> > >> > > Pranam Guruji...> > > > I just met a guru over here who was blessed by maa kali and had her darshan,,,,, he is head of Kurthala Petam in Tamilnadu... he has written a book on the same of Das Mahavidyas i just completed reading that book second time as to understand the important things...> > >> > > So in this book he has written some of the reality which has happened by doing the japam and mantra sadan of each devi and their effects and what they like all that. After reading this book something started myself as i also wanted to do the same. So i am in a dilama will it be possible with me are not or what all the things i should be taking care to do the same from where should i take the upadesha of mantra.Which Goddess i should choose....> > >> > > Even in the book he has guruji has written the various forms of doing the upasana....i was not able to understand it. So guriji i would be very thankful if would be able to explain the process...> > > pranam.....> > >> > > Naveen> > >>

[Sulabh Tiwari]

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I wished to go for Kamkalakali Sadhna But I am looking for a guidence.....a ...Guru in same direction can any one help me regarding theb same....and tell how am I supposed to go about the same.....The sadhna will Include Shodanyaas etc ....all of which have to be understood by a guru....

 

 

 

Sulabh