Essay name: Devi Tantra, Mantra, Yantra (study)
Author:
Srider Basudevan Iyer
Affiliation: University of Mumbai / Sanskrit, University Department
This essay studies the history of Devi (the Goddess) in relation with worship using Tantra, Yantra and Mantra. The study explores the concept of the 'Female Principle' or Goddess, examining her role and significance in ancient Indian society.
Chapter 1 - Introduction
46 (of 55)
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chapter 1. Introduction 46 The tantras speak elaborately about initiation. They also speak
of the result of initiation on the different months of the year and the
different days of the week, the tithis suitable for initiation. All these
have been dealt with in detail in the chapter "Worship and
Worshippers".
The initiation : women and men.
95 The SVT鈦� while speaking about initiation to women says that
women too have the right to be initiated. A women's initiation is a
dependent one. The dependence is shown with the table below
No. Status of Woman
Permiting authority
1 Widow
Son
2.
Daughter
Father
3 Wife
Husband
4 Separated from husband
Independent to take herself.
It also adds that women and the S奴dras be initiated only with mantras
which end with Sw膩h膩.
96 The SVT鈦� further mentions about the change of name of the
s膩dhaka. It states that initiation is to be given to all the four castes but
with certain differences. These differences are twofold viz.
(i) The specific seed mantras" to be given and
95 SVT C.2 P. 28,29
96 ibid C.13. P. 312
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