Mantrini and Sangita-Yogini

[Guest guest]

Dear Alexandra:

 

You have clarified for rudrajoe that you "did not ask from the

standpoint of non-duality," so I will continue to answer with the

caveat that my reply is strictly ontological and that, in the ultimate

analysis, all of these goddess forms are merely aspects of the One DEVI.

 

*** Okay, but when in Kali worship Matangi is an aspect of Kali, this

doesn't mean that Matangi cannot be Kali's councelor. Is she? ***

 

If you would like Her to fill that job description, then let it be so

in your conceptualization. I will simply say that I know of no

scriptural authority naming Matangi as counselor to Kali, only to

Tripurasundari. In the Kali tradition, Matangi represents the

outcaste, the impure, and the leftovers conceptualized as the holy

form of DEVI.

 

*** I am confused. Are Mantrini and Sangita-Yogini the same Devi, or

are they two different Devis? ***

 

Part of Matangi's essence is as the power by which primordial sound is

made manifest, and as such She is said to reside on the tongue.

Mantrini and Sangita-Yogini are one and the same as Matangi. Only

Mantrini is sound made manifest as Mantra, and Sangita is sound made

manifest as Song.

[Guest guest]

Thank you!