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 93 This netra bija is to be laid on the left eye - Aim, right eye - Hrim and
on the forehead - Śrīm by the sädhaka as a part of his Aṅganyāsa
The Durgā Mantra mentioned which was used by the Gods
to please and invoke the goddess is as follows¹10
Om Durgā Rakṣiṇi Svāhā
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In the Sāradā tIlāka tantram, an eight-syllabled mantra is given
which is as follows-
Om Hrim Dum Durgāyai namah.
Durga-Yantra.
दुर्गा यन्त्र
[durgā yantra
] The Durgayantra is a
simple yantra consisting
of a downward pointed
triangle with a central
Source- BTS.
bindu, which is enclosed
within two intertwining
large
triangles.
Surrounding it is an eight
petal lotus formation
which lies within a
closed Bhupura¹¹².
112 110
op cit 61.24
111 STT 11.1,2.
112 BTS-I, Sec. II P.210
