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 3 - Minor Goddesses
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Chapter 3. Minor goddesses by Prajapati. As a result the others complained to their father Prajapati, who ordered Soma to treat them all equally. But Soma disregarded it and again associated with Rohini alone and as a result illness seized him. In the br膩hm膩峁嘺s she is associated with speech 87, with the meter Gayatri and with the waters and her stars are called as the 'mothers'. 89 According to popular belief, the sight of the moon in the
company of Rohini especially after the worship of the
goddess is highly beneficial.
REVATI.
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The word Revat墨 appears connected both in the RV and
in the AV either as an adjective or as an epithet of Pathya or
the path and means 'the rich one '90. In the AV she is said to be
the neck of the cosmic bull and cow. In the later vedic
samhit膩, Revati is identified with speech," with the metre
Gayatri and with the waters 94. She is invoked together with
Subhadr膩, Pathy膩, Siniv膩l墨 and R膩k膩. She and her star-
group are reverentially called as mothers. She is associated
86 Tai.Sam. 2.3.5.1,2.
87 Sat.Br.3.8.1.12. Jai.Br.2.1.
88 Tan.Br. 16.5.19,27.
89 Tai.Br.3.2.8.2; Tan.Br.7.9.20; 13.9.16; 13.10.5.
90 RV 5.51.14; AV 3.4.7.
91 AV 9.7.3.
92 Sat. Br 3.8.1.12; Jai.Br. 2.1.
93 Tan.Br. 16.5.19, 16.5.27.
94 Tai.Br. 3.2.8.2; Tan.Br.7.9.20, 13.9.16, 13.10.5
95 Mantra Br.2.6.2.
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