maata~Ngii

[Guest guest]

I got this valuable information on shrii raaja maata~Ngii from

Dr. V. Sadagopan. I thank him sincerely for sharing his knowledge

with us.

 

With respects,

Ravi

 

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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:41:04 -0500 (EST)

Sadagopan <sgopan

Ravisankar S. Mayavaram <msr

Re: maata~Ngii

 

Dear Sri Ravi Mayavaram :

Sri Mathangi and Raaja Mathangi are

description of the energy behind the ninth object

of Transcendent Knowledge ( Dasa MahA

VidhyA ) .In this form , She is also

known as Moha Raathri or the Elephant power .

Maatangi Tantraa describes her form

for AavAhanam. Elephant power or

Matangi is invked for establishing

the reign of peace and prospertiy .

 

Besides the association as the daughter of

Sage MatangA , Lord SivA based on His

auspicious virtues as the destroyerof the evil

is known as the Elephant ( MatangA ).

Hence His divine consort is recognized as

Maatangi. Elephant is the symbol of

royal power and the power of domination

( King of the forest ).

 

The other nine Dasa MahA vidhyA are:

MahA KaaLi, TaarA , ShOdasi,BhuvanEsvari ,

ChinnamastA , Bhairavi, DhUmavati , BagalA

and KamalA . There are significant Taantric

literature regarding all of them .Each one of them

have their own TantrAs for worship.

 

As you know , Mathurai MeenAkshi sitting in

the ManthriNi Peetam is recignized as Maatangi .

 

V.Sadagopan

 

At 03:01 PM 1/6/00 -0600, you wrote:

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>I would request the members to contribute their knowledge about

>ambaaL in HER aspect as maata~Ngii.

[Guest guest]

Some more on this subject:

 

I found more about sage maata~Nga is brahmaaNDa puraaNa. He is

described as great sage and who has accomplished everything. It

so happened once he was his friend himaavan. During that time it

seems himavaan boasted to maatanga that "I am the father of

gaurii". This was not received so well by the sage.

 

This incidence provoked the sage to undertake an intense tapas on

ambaaL. Finally when SHE appeared to him in the form of

mantrinaathaa, he asked HER to be born as his daughter, so that

he will become equal to himavaan in that respect. And ambaaL

granted the wish. That night SHE came in his dream and gave

tamala flowers to him and by that gift, he and his wife

siddhimati gave birth to ambaaL and who he named as laghushyAma.

That daughter is a manifestation of raaja shyaamaLa. Because SHE

was born to him, the world even today remembers him through HER

name maata~Ngii. Because of this, even other daughters of sage

maatanga attained the status of shaktii-s and they serve Raja

shyamaLa.

 

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This I found in both in a sanskrit edition and in the english

translation. This is the north-indian version of the

puuraaNa. But the funny thing is I could not locate the

sahasranaama or trishatii (but I could locate khaDgamaala

stotram). Where do they occur? At least it was not in the 36th

chapter.

 

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