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 Eleventh -X Nitya The fulfilment of the Sesame four goals of life of a human being. Twelfth -XI N墨lapat膩k膩 The power of attracting Curd Thirteenth - XII Vijay膩 the three worlds Bestows Parched and victories in war immeadetly remembering. flattened rice on (Prthukam) Fourteenth Sarvamang -XIII al膩 The increaser of good fortune. Chick pea (Ca峁嘺kam) Fifteenth Jv膩l膩m膩l膩 - XIV or The bestower of 'Purush膩rthas'. Kidney bean Jv膩l膩m膩lin (Mudgam) T Sixteenth -XV Chitra or Vichitr膩 All dangers flee when she is mediated upon. Payasam Further, in the end, it states that for the goddess Lalit膩 who is the Adi-nity盲 all the above listed offerings are always offered. Days as goddesses. 214 Apart from the asterisms that were defied, we find a
similar tendency of defication of certain days and significant
ocassions. They popularly were defied as goddesses. It was
believed that these defied goddesses were responsible for the
happenings of the day. Among them the prominent are
A峁ａ弓akas, the Ek膩峁ａ弓akas and 峁峁i, who appear as goddesses.
