** Our Devi of this Week *** Sri Nitya Devi **

[Guest guest]

Sri Nitya controls all moving bodies and by her, all Jivas dwell in

their bodies. She is the Chaitanya in all. She is the deity who

presides Dakini and the other Yoginis in the six Chakras in the body.

Colored like the rising sun, she bears on her head a luminous crown.

Her face is lit by a soft smile. She is dressed in red raiment and

adorned with red rubies. She has three eyes and twelve hands. With

her right hands, she carries the noose, white lotus, sugarcane bow,

shield, trident and the Mudra of vara. She carries goad, book,

flowery arrows, sword, skull and Abhaya Mudra in her left hand.

 

Her Shaktis are countless and form a complete circle around her. She

grants Vaksiddhi to her Sadhaka by which he can give boons or curse

others. He achieves khechari Siddhi by her grace. Besides she is also

the granter of supreme physical strength.

 

Her mantra is: OM nityaa bhairavyai vidmahe nityaa nityaayai dhiimahi

tanno nityaa prachodayaat.

 

 

Courtesy of Shri harsha16

[Guest guest]

Nora,

 

These Devis ares supremely beautiful. Thank you for sharing them

with us.

 

I found a page that seems to contain the images that you are

gathering for us:

 

http://harsha16.topcities.com/nitya.htm

 

but I couldn't get the picture selected to print it myself to carry

with me.

 

When I right click on the picture it says:

 

Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shakara

 

What does that mean?

 

Namaste,

 

prainbow

 

, "Nora"

<ashwini_puralasamy> wrote:

> Sri Nitya controls all moving bodies and by her, all Jivas dwell

in

> their bodies. She is the Chaitanya in all. She is the deity who

> presides Dakini and the other Yoginis in the six Chakras in the

body.

> Colored like the rising sun, she bears on her head a luminous

crown.

> Her face is lit by a soft smile. She is dressed in red raiment and

> adorned with red rubies. She has three eyes and twelve hands. With

> her right hands, she carries the noose, white lotus, sugarcane

bow,

> shield, trident and the Mudra of vara. She carries goad, book,

> flowery arrows, sword, skull and Abhaya Mudra in her left hand.

>

> Her Shaktis are countless and form a complete circle around her.

She

> grants Vaksiddhi to her Sadhaka by which he can give boons or

curse

> others. He achieves khechari Siddhi by her grace. Besides she is

also

> the granter of supreme physical strength.

>

> Her mantra is: OM nityaa bhairavyai vidmahe nityaa nityaayai

dhiimahi

> tanno nityaa prachodayaat.

>

>

> Courtesy of Shri harsha16

[Guest guest]

Thank you Prainbrow. Im glad you like it. I love them too. I am

still trying to find this undestanding the connection between DEVI

and the moon. Did some reading and got my self swayed with : "the

different theories of how the moon is form" LOL. Heavy stuff for

my

head to digest. Should stick to those elaborated by Srividya.org [

see message 6029 ] simple and easier to understand.

 

With regards to the pictures, yes! I am grateful to Harsha16 for

giving me the permission to use it for the group. I have them in the

homepage, tell me which pictures that you want to print.

 

"Jaya Jaya Shakara Hara Hara Shankara"

 

It is the same as " jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini "

which can be

translated as Victory, victory to You, Oh Slayer of the Buffalo Demon!

 

Jaya = Victory

Mahishaasuramardhini : Slayer of the Buffalo Demon : another Name of

Durga

 

Shakara can either be

1) The Name of Shiva as Sankara which means Maker of Happiness

or Peace.

2) Adi Shankara: , philosopher and theologian, was born in

Kerala in southern India. He became a Hindu ascetic and exponent of

the Advaita Vedanta school of philosophy. It is most likely that

Harsha is referring to Adi Shankara.

 

To Know more about Adi Shankara ( Click on the following) :

 

http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1415/shan.html

 

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/persons4_n2/shankara.h

tml

 

Hara = He who takes away : Names of Siva

 

Hari = the Tawny or Yellow One : Name of Vishnu.

 

Hope this helps.