Guest guest Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Dear members, The original sukta of Durga from Rg Veda is only having 6 riks viz., Jaatavedase sunavaama………….Duritatiagnih …….(1) . . . Pratnoshikameedhyo Adhvareshu……….Saubhagamaayajasva……(6) The akshara samkhya from first rik to sixth rik are 43, 43, 41, 42, 43, 40 respectively. So, the Total Aksharas are 252 in number. Rests of the riks are incoporations. The mula patha does not have the rest of the riks. Because, there is an inherent Vanadurga Yantra which is drawn with the help of these 6 riks with 252 parivara devatas of Vana Durga. So, the 252 Parivara Devatas of Durga Sukta Yantra exactly matches with 252 Aksharas of Durga Sukta Rik of Rg Veda. The yantra is called “Bhadramashtara Mandalamâ€. It is a yantra with 2 bhupuras, 1 vritta, 32 dala padmas, 16 dala padmas, 8 dala padmas, 4 dala padmas, 1 shatkona, 1 urdhva mukha trikona and 1 virtta again. At the bindu sthana, Bhagavati, Jatavedasi, Vishvarani, Vanadurga, Purushi are worshipped. So, these 252 parivara devatas are accordingly placed in the Bhadramashtara Yantra and the Vanadurga is worshipped. This Vana Durga is also called “PURUSHI†in Veda. Purushi is the feminine form of Purusha which is none other than Agni. Hence, the one principle Agni when worshipped as Masculine form becomes Purusha and when worshipped as feminine form becomes Purushi which is none other than Vana Durga. Rakshana and Avana are the synonyms. Hence, (A)Vana Durga is the Rakshana Durga. The word “Purusha†is originated from the Brihad Aranyakopanishad (1 chapter – 4th Brahmana – 1 and 2nd Kanda). The concept of AHAM, HIRANYAGARBHA & PURUSHA has been explained in details. From the word “Ahamâ€, the word “OM†has its origin. Aham > Ah+Am>Au+Am> AUM When the One Universe Principle thinks of becoming Many (Bahusyaam Prajayeha.), this principle of “AHAM†comes into picture. This Aham is the Pranava-Vachaka and hence non-different from Pranava (Om). It is in this Kanda of B.Upanishad, that the word Purusha is also explained. The Agni in Masculine Gender with Vana Durga Mantra slightly changed as Purusha instead of Purushi is also worshipped. For this mantra, the Rishi is “Aranyakaâ€. With regards, Sriram Save all your chat conversations. Find them online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 > This Vana Durga is also called “PURUSHI†in Veda. Purushi is the feminine form of Purusha which is none other than Agni. Hence, the one principle Agni when worshipped as Masculine form becomes Purusha and when worshipped as feminine form becomes Purushi which is >none other than Vana Durga. I remember this being mentioned in the prologue to vana-durgA -kalpa. Do we have any references other than that to confirm this? The compiler of this work makes fanciful interpretations like bhairava becoming heramba etc. There are others like that. What linguistic references do we have for this? > > Rakshana and Avana are the synonyms. Hence, (A)Vana Durga is the Rakshana Durga. The word durgA itself is usually defined as someone difficult to approach or that she who protects. Why then another word with the same meaning? If vana here stands for Avana(i.e. rakShana) then do we have similar explanations for giri-durgA, jala-durgA etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Chakra Sankha Khaga Gadaambhoja – Hastam Samchintayeth Bhujam Ravi Bimbe Mukundamcha – Manum Vytyasthalingakam Prajapecchatha PURUSHA – Bhagavathpadayoratha Sarvasiddhikarah Prokthah – Prakaroyam Sumantribhih Says the vidyaranya. She the remover of all fears and abhaya pradayini and hence the mantra says: Uttisha purushi kim svapishi – BHAYAM me samupasthitam Yadi sakya masakyam vaa – tanme bhagavati samaya svaha The mula durga is Vana Durga and rest of the durgas are her emanations. Bhramara Durga, Pakshi Durga and others are used for tantrika prayogas whereas Vana Durga is a Mula Durga and hence her upasana is called Maha Vidya. And hence, rest of the Durgas have not been equated with this status of Mahavidya. As regards the linguistics, it is a different branch by itself. Please donot use the word " fanciful " because it pains me to see this word being used when some amount of brains has been used here. If it seems fanciful, let it be. No more discussions on this. And please mind your language while referring to great upasakas. With regards, Sriram , " Satish " <satisharigela wrote: > > > > This Vana Durga is also called “PURUSHI†in Veda. Purushi is > the feminine form of Purusha which is none other than Agni. Hence, > the one principle Agni when worshipped as Masculine form becomes > Purusha and when worshipped as feminine form becomes Purushi which is > >none other than Vana Durga. > > I remember this being mentioned in the prologue to vana-durgA - kalpa. > Do we have any references other than that to confirm this? > The compiler of this work makes fanciful interpretations like > bhairava becoming heramba etc. There are others like that. > What linguistic references do we have for this? > > > > > > Rakshana and Avana are the synonyms. Hence, (A)Vana Durga is the > Rakshana Durga. > > > The word durgA itself is usually defined as someone difficult to > approach or that she who protects. Why then another word with the > same meaning? > > If vana here stands for Avana(i.e. rakShana) then do we have similar > explanations for giri-durgA, jala-durgA etc? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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