Subhadra-devi = Yogamaya

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> > The spiritual energy is called yogamaya. And she

> > has 16 different expansions. Out of these 16 expansions, Subhadra is

> > one.

> > Letter to: Madhusudana 68-07-29

>

> Who are the other 15?

 

I guess they are listed in the following purport:

 

Ädi 5.84

TRANSLATION

“In the beginning of the creation, the Lord expanded Himself in the form

of the puruña incarnation, accompanied by all the ingredients of

material creation. First He created the sixteen principal energies

suitable for creation. This was for the purpose of manifesting the

material universes.”

PURPORT

This is a verse from Çrémad-Bhägavatam (1.3.1). The commentary of Madhva

on Çrémad-Bhägavatam mentions that the following sixteen spiritual

energies are present in the spiritual world: (1) çré, (2) bhü, (3) lélä,

(4) känti, (5) kérti, (6) tuñöi, (7) gér, (8) puñöi, (9) satyä (10)

jïänäjïänä, (11) jayä utkarñiëé, (12) vimalä, (13) yogamäyä, (14)

prahvé, (15) éçänä and (16) anugrahä. In his commentary on the

Laghu-bhägavatämåta, Çré Baladeva Vidyäbhüñaëa has said that the above

energies are also known by nine names: (1) vimalä, (2) utkarñiëé (3)

jïänä, (4) kriyä, (5) yogä, (6) prahvé, (7) satyä, (8) éçänä and (9)

anugrahä. In the Bhagavat-sandarbha of Çréla Jéva Gosvämé (text 103)

they are described as çré, puñöi, gér, känti, kérti, tuñöi, ilä, jaya;

vidyävidyä, mäyä, samvit, sandhiné, hlädiné, bhakti, mürti, vimalä,

yogä, prahvé, éçänä, anugrahä, etc. All these energies act in different

spheres of the Lord’s supremacy.