Sri Harsha's Post on Khadgamala

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The Phalasruti part of Khadgamala explains that there are fifteen

Khadgamalas, one each for each tithi. Chanting one per day is said

to confer on the Sadhaka, the phala of Sanga Chakrarajarchana.

There are three sets of Rishyadis for the fifteen malas followed

by different Sampradayas. The Shuddha shakti mala has been expounded

in Rudrayamala, Vamakeshwara, Tripurarnava, Tripurasara and other

Tantras. I do not think the fifteen malas have been directly revealed

in any of the scriptures. There is only the reference as to how one

could elaborate the fifteen from the shuddha mala. The details are

specific in Tripurarnava tantra. The Shuddha Sambudhyanta mala for

Japa, Swahanta mala for Homa, Tarpananta for Tarpana, Natyanta for

Archana and Jayanta for Stotra - this is the viniyoga Krama for the

Malas. Again each of these five varities for Shiva, Shakti and

Shiva-shakti Ardhanarishwara Mithuna, thus forming fifteen in all.

However, Chidanandanatha and also Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati

Swamigal have stated that for Kamya purposes only the application

of fifteen malas is necessary. For a Nishkamopasaka, Shuddha mala

Japa is all sufficient. It is also noteworthy that Lalitopakhyana

also has revealed Shuddhamala as Sahasrakshari Vidya. The 37,000

and odd letters of the Mala are to be used as per Kamana Bheda.

The shuddha mala is available with three differenent numbers, each

used for Artha, Kama and Moksha. The most popular version of the

fifteen Malas was printed by Brahmasri Shankararama Shastrigal.

This was printed by Balamanorama press. This copy is still

available in Andhra desha.

 

Sri Bhaskaracharya has also given out the fifteen malas in his

work Malamantroddhara. Manuscripts of this are available with

Tanjore library. Brahmasri Chidanandanatha has published the

fifteen malas in his book Nityahnikam. This seems to be out

of print though.

 

The Kaula society Chandi has also published the fifteen malas in

their work Khadgamala vidhan. A version is also available in

Kannada. The great grandson of Sri Srikantha Shastrigal (the

administrator of Sringeri mutt during Nrisimha bharati and

Chandrasekhara Bharati Swamigal and also the Srividya Guru of

Chandrasekhara Bharati Swamigal) has published this book along

with amnaya Krama.

 

Regards,

Harsha Ramamurthy.

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dear devotee ,

 

here is one that i find handy and useful - a glossary of sanskrit

terms .... but this is only a 'waypointer' and is by no means

exhaustive... the most commonly used terms are here ...

 

GLOSSARY OF SANSKRIT TERMS. ...

 

http://www.ayu.nl/english/education/e-sanskrit-glossary.htm

 

 

hope this helps !

 

aum! hari aum!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, Alessandro Gagliardi

<alessandro@g...> wrote:

> Do you know of a good glossary online that might help me

> make sense of the more obscure Sanskrit terms in this?

>

> > The Phalasruti part of Khadgamala explains that there are fifteen

> > Khadgamalas, one each for each tithi. Chanting one per day is said

> > to confer on the Sadhaka, the phala of Sanga Chakrarajarchana.

>

> <snip>