Ashtadashabhuja Mahalakshmi Durga

[Guest guest]

DEAR LEN,

 

I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE E MAIL,I HAVE SEEN TEMPLE OF DURGA AND SHE HAS 18

,HANDS.THE TEMPLE NAME IS MAHISASUR MARDINI TRIYAMBAKESWARY ON THE WAY TO

BARELA .IT IS NEAR JABALPUR IN MADHYA PRADESH INDIA. IF U WANT I CAN SEND U

PHOTO GRAPH.

 

TRIYAMBAKESWARY MANDIR,

 

BARELA, DIST. JABALPUR, M.P.(INDIA) I

 

YOURS,

 

-PRADEEP SHARMA,GM, RUCHI SOYA, HALDIA (W.B.)

 

MOBILE NO 919832189009, 913224253594,

 

--- Len Rosenberg <kalipadma108 wrote:

 

The Dashabhuja (ten-armed) Mahakali Durga is invoked

in the first chapter of the Chandi Patha. The

Ashtadashabhuja Mahalakshmi Durga is invoked in the

2nd, 3rd, and fourth chapters. The Ashtabhuja

(eight-armed) Mahsaraswati Durga presides over the

rest of the book (chapters 5 through 13).

 

Images of Durga almost always have eight arms, but the

Mahalakshmi form superceeds the other two (her number

of arms includes both ten and eight).

 

I have a bronze of Durga on my altar, and I just went

to count her arms. Sixteen... seventeen... EIGHTEEN!

The murthi is shown slaying Mahishaasura, and she has

18 arms. Let me see if I can find a website still

selling this image of Ashtadashabuja Durga.

 

-- Len/ Kalipadma

 

 

--- Adwaith Menon <menonar wrote:

> The fullsize picture is here

>

http://hindusaktha.jagaddhatri.com/images/mahalakshmi1.html

> and the temple in cuttack

> "www.maacuttackchandi.com/"

>

> , "Adwaith

> Menon" <menonar>

> wrote:

> >

> > I think the two temples you are referring to are

> the "Om Sri

> > skandashramam" temples ate tambaram channai and

> salem in tamil nadu

> > whichz also famous for the 12-13 foor tall

> prathyangira idol installed

> > there.! the small picture at the top of there page

> is that of

> > "Astadasabhuja Mahalakshmi Durga"

> > http://education.vsnl.com/skandashramam/main.html

> >

> >

> > , nityashakti

> <sadhvi@c...>

> > wrote:Hello all,

> > > Perhaps if I introduce myself, someone might

> respond to my earlier

> > post? I am deeply involved in practice, have been

> a Sri Vidya upasaka

> > for a number of years and attend a local Hindu

> Temple. I am looking

> > for information on Astha Dasa Bhuja Mahalakshmi

> Durga. She is the 18

> > armed form of Lakshmi, sometimes called

> "Chandi".There are a couple of

> > temples devoted to her in South India, one near

> Chennai and one in

> > > Salem. I am trying to find: sotras, texts,

> pujas, any information at

> > all. i am new to this group. Am I doing this

> right? Anyone?

> > > sadhvi/nityashakti

> > >

> >

[Guest guest]

Here is a link to a website that sells a bronze image

of the 18-armed form of Durga...

 

http://www.goddess-gallery.com/india.html#dur

 

 

 

--- Len Rosenberg <kalipadma108 wrote:

>

> The Dashabhuja (ten-armed) Mahakali Durga is invoked

> in the first chapter of the Chandi Patha. The

> Ashtadashabhuja Mahalakshmi Durga is invoked in the

> 2nd, 3rd, and fourth chapters. The Ashtabhuja

> (eight-armed) Mahsaraswati Durga presides over the

> rest of the book (chapters 5 through 13).

>

> Images of Durga almost always have eight arms, but

> the

> Mahalakshmi form superceeds the other two (her

> number

> of arms includes both ten and eight).

>

> I have a bronze of Durga on my altar, and I just

> went

> to count her arms. Sixteen... seventeen...

> EIGHTEEN!

> The murthi is shown slaying Mahishaasura, and she

> has

> 18 arms. Let me see if I can find a website still

> selling this image of Ashtadashabuja Durga.

>

> -- Len/ Kalipadma

>

>

> --- Adwaith Menon <menonar wrote:

>

> > The fullsize picture is here

> >

>

http://hindusaktha.jagaddhatri.com/images/mahalakshmi1.html

> > and the temple in cuttack

> > "www.maacuttackchandi.com/"

> >

> > , "Adwaith

> > Menon" <menonar>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > I think the two temples you are referring to are

> > the "Om Sri

> > > skandashramam" temples ate tambaram channai and

> > salem in tamil nadu

> > > whichz also famous for the 12-13 foor tall

> > prathyangira idol installed

> > > there.! the small picture at the top of there

> page

> > is that of

> > > "Astadasabhuja Mahalakshmi Durga"

> > >

> http://education.vsnl.com/skandashramam/main.html

> > >

> > >

> > > ,

> nityashakti

> > <sadhvi@c...>

> > > wrote:Hello all,

> > > > Perhaps if I introduce myself, someone might

> > respond to my earlier

> > > post? I am deeply involved in practice, have

> been

> > a Sri Vidya upasaka

> > > for a number of years and attend a local Hindu

> > Temple. I am looking

> > > for information on Astha Dasa Bhuja Mahalakshmi

> > Durga. She is the 18

> > > armed form of Lakshmi, sometimes called

> > "Chandi".There are a couple of

> > > temples devoted to her in South India, one near

> > Chennai and one in

> > > > Salem. I am trying to find: sotras, texts,

> > pujas, any information at

> > > all. i am new to this group. Am I doing this

> > right? Anyone?

> > > > sadhvi/nityashakti

> > > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Namaste.

 

To add to what Mr. Rosenberg said: I looked at the 3 Dhyanams in "In Praise of

the Goddess: The Devimahatmya and its Meaning" by Devadatta Kali. According to

this author's intrepretation, the 1st Chapter is governed by an 10 armed aspect

of Maa Durga known as Mahakali, the 2-4th Chapter by an 18 armed aspect known as

Mahalakshmi, and the 5-13th Chapters by a 8 armed aspect known as

Mahasaravasvati. These forms are known as Vyastis - cosmic aspects of the

Devi, and they correspond to each of the three Gunas. (Mahakali is the Tamasic

emanation of Durga, Mahalaksmi the Rajasic, and Mahasaraswati the Sattvic.)

 

Len - I believe the 18 armed Durga murti you have on your altar is

probably Mahalaksmi, probably in her aspect of Mahishasura Mardini

(which occurs in chapter's 2-4 of the Chandi Path, so it all makes sense).

 

Personally, I have been to a Mahalaksmi Temple in Chennai, where I had darshan

of a 18-handed murti. I was young and not very well versed on the forms of the

goddess, but I was used to the "good old fashioned Bengali Durga", and I found

the temple both novel and wonderful. The worship of this deity is described in

some detail in the Vaikritka Rahasya, one of the Angas (limbs) of the Devi

Mahatyam.

 

I have also seen these three goddesses all worshipped together as

different 4-Armed murtis at a temple in New Jersey. I believe these

forms are described in the Pradhanika Rahasya, another of the limbs of the

Chandi Path. It is a rather beautiful text I think, in how it describes how the

One Goddess transforms herself into Many through a very complicated theogony.

 

-Santo

"Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih."

 

Len Rosenberg wrote:

>

> The Dashabhuja (ten-armed) Mahakali Durga is invoked

> in the first chapter of the Chandi Patha. The

> Ashtadashabhuja Mahalakshmi Durga is invoked in the

> 2nd, 3rd, and fourth chapters. The Ashtabhuja

> (eight-armed) Mahsaraswati Durga presides over the

> rest of the book (chapters 5 through 13).

>

> Images of Durga almost always have eight arms, but the

> Mahalakshmi form superceeds the other two (her number

> of arms includes both ten and eight).

>

> I have a bronze of Durga on my altar, and I just went

> to count her arms. Sixteen... seventeen... EIGHTEEN!

> The murthi is shown slaying Mahishaasura, and she has

> 18 arms. Let me see if I can find a website still

> selling this image of Ashtadashabuja Durga.

>

> -- Len/ Kalipadma

[Guest guest]

Anyone know where I can find lyrics to Sri Lakshmi Ashttotara Sata

Nama Stotram?

 

Thanks in advance!

Max

--

Max Dashu

Suppressed Histories Archives

Global Women's History

http://www.suppressedhistories.net

 

 

[Guest guest]

Check if this is what you are seeking:

 

http://www.kandala.org/pdf/vs_stotram_eng.pdf

 

A mp3 can be found here on Stotras on Devi section:

 

http://www.vedamantram.com/

 

, Max Dashu <maxdashu@l...> wrote:

>

> Anyone know where I can find lyrics to Sri Lakshmi Ashttotara Sata

> Nama Stotram?

>

> Thanks in advance!

> Max

> --

> Max Dashu

> Suppressed Histories Archives

> Global Women's History

> http://www.suppressedhistories.net

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

This is it! thanks so much. I have a beautiful cassette of the

Sumangalam sisters singing it, and just recently figured out that it

contains the 108 Names of Lakshmi, which I have, but there is extra

stuff in the Ashtottara...

 

Max

>Check if this is what you are seeking:

><http://www.kandala.org/pdf/vs_stotram_eng.pdf>http://www.kandala.org/pdf/vs_st\

otram_eng.pdf

 

--

Max Dashu

Suppressed Histories Archives

Global Women's History

http://www.suppressedhistories.net

 

 

[Guest guest]

Or is it Sulamangalam Sisters???

 

yw - glad to be of help.

 

, Max Dashu <maxdashu@l...>

wrote:

>

> This is it! thanks so much. I have a beautiful cassette of the

> Sumangalam sisters singing it, and just recently figured out that

it

> contains the 108 Names of Lakshmi, which I have, but there is

extra

> stuff in the Ashtottara...

>

> Max

>

> >Check if this is what you are seeking:

>

><http://www.kandala.org/pdf/vs_stotram_eng.pdf>http://www.kandala.or

g/pdf/vs_stotram_eng.pdf

>

> --

> Max Dashu

> Suppressed Histories Archives

> Global Women's History

> http://www.suppressedhistories.net

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>Or is it Sulamangalam Sisters???

 

Right you are!

 

Max

--

Max Dashu

Suppressed Histories Archives

Global Women's History

http://www.suppressedhistories.net

 

 

[NaturalScience]

Although I am German I know of the 18 armed Mahalakshmi. Haidakhan Babaji people are building her a temple in Haldwani, Uttar Pradesh. A famous Sadhu named Shree Mahamandaleshwara who is closely associated to Baba Haidakhan affairs had dreamed her.

From the way this was told about on Haidakhan Babaji websites I thought this image of Lakshmi to be novel, and perhaps even invented in dream by that sadhu; which was an error. He just adopted her worship for the north-Indian regions.

Typically European, I did not believe first that it makes sense to make such images of the Divine and to build temples for them. But nevertheless I mailed to the temple builders and told them give me your bank data and I´ll give some donation. I just wanted Lakshmi to see a candle or incense burn before her that is "mine" and to remember me in times of need. And I DO believe in the real existence of the Divine Mother. Our beloved St Mary who has shown Herself many times in Europe, as in Lourdes, telling people to pray and repent and healing their diseases, is no one else but Her.

The temple builders did not reply. Still I have not donated a single cent.

But what happened two or three days later ?

I was with my boyfriend, whom I finally got to do a business, as a second-hand and scrap-metal man, since this year - before, he lived idly on other people´s money. for some unremembered reason during our greeting I had said to him "you dont know what a lucky one you really are."

Then after some coffee-drinking he got up to make some order in his place, while I watched T.V. (during which I made japa in thought) and did not look at his sitting-place on the couch. Then he came back to sit but at once he stopped and made big eyes and said to me "Did you put this on my seat?" I loked there and made big eyes too ! For on his seat lay a 10 Euro note which looked as new as if it had just come from the bank and there was no mundane explanation for it to lie there.

I suppose it has come to him miraculously "from Mahalaxmi Bank" in order to make him take his business serious and to support my saying that he is a lucky one so that he learns to believe in good luck, and in himself.

[kirhmuru]

Can u tell me about the 18 hands of this ambal significant for? n hows her prayers should be? Chandi?