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 2 - The Maior Goddesses
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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chapter II Major goddesses 177 In the Brhat Samhit膩, it is mentioned that, the figure be
made as having four hands, in the two left hands will be a book and a
lotus, in the right hand will be the Varada mudra and a rosary
332 Sarasvati as N墨la Sarasvati is as follows - She is seated
on a corpse, and is adorned by snakes as ornaments. She has four
hands and holds the following in them a scissor, a skull, a cup and a
trident together and in the fourth hand holds a garland of hum膩n
heads.
Worship.
The goddess Sarasvati is to be meditated upon as being
present on invocation and offered worship, she is invoked as being
present on either of the following on a yantra, or on a Sailgram, or in
an image or the Bundling or the on the Sun. The Goddess imagined
thus is to be worshipped鲁33.
Worshippers.
334 Sarasvati's worship is said to be first introduced in Bharata
by 艢r墨-K峁涐梗峁嘺鲁鲁4, She is reference to as the holder of the lute. It
mentions that Sarasvati is amorous by nature, sprang from the lips of
R膩dh膩 and so desired to marry Krsna out of amorous feelings. He
directs her to go to Vaikunta and get the lord of Vaikunta as her
husband.
332 Brihat Samhit膩58.38
333 DBP BK 9, C:4
334 DBP Bk.9 XXVI. 4-20.
