RE: Navadurga and Dasa Mahavidya-diagram

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Sarajit,

I thought you would enjoy.

Namah Sivaya

 

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Sanjay Rath

[srath]

Tuesday,

December 30, 2003 10:54 AM

varahamihira

Re: |Sri Varaha|

Navadurga and Dasa Mahavidya

 

 

 

 

 

::Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya::

Dear Sarajit,

 

 

Both you and Freedom

are right in that there are two systems of reckoning the form of the mother.

 

 

1. Two fold division

where the Moon represents Gouri (Jaimini) and the forms fall into the two

groups of sukla and krsna paksa of (a) Durga & Kali (Punjab, North india)

or (b) Tara & Kali (Bengal), and

 

 

2. Three fold division

based on the light of the Moon and the definition of beneficence which in turn

is based on Parasara's definition of beneficence of the Moon. The 30 tithi's

are divided into three groups of 10 tithi's each forming the ten sub-forms of

the mother in Her three primary forms of Durga, Lakshmi & Kali. These three

forms are based on the Rajas, Satva and Tamas guna and are from (a) sukla

pratipada to sukla dasami (Durga) where the big puja is on the tenth day called

dasshera; (b) Sukla ekadasi (S11 tithi) to krsna pancami (K5) (Lakshmi or Sri

Devi ending on the pancami which is most auspicious for worshipping Her) and

© Krsna 6 to Krsna 15 (amavasya) where the ten sub-forms are the

dasa-mahavidya of Kali. The real reason for calling these forms as maha VIDYA

or knowledge giver forms is that they remove the ignorance of the tamas guna

which prevails during this phase of the Moon from K6 to K 15 tithi. Similarly

think of Lakshmi as the sustainer and the Satva guna or Shrii Shakti just as

you understand Kali as the Niila Shakti and Durga as the Bhu Shakti or the one

who fulfills the desires that are caused by the passion of the Rajas Guna.

Best Regards,

Sanjay Rath

SJC-Puri: 212 Gopal Ballav Road, Puri -752001, India

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SAT---------------------------

 

 

 

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Sarajit

Poddar

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cc: varahamihira

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 30,

2003 6:04 AM

 

 

|Sri

Varaha| Navadurga and Dasa Mahavidya

 

 

 

 

|| Jaya Jagannath ||

Dear Freedom,

 

When I read you mail on

the Nava durga, I recollected something which Gurudev told me long back. He was

saying that the tithi in which one is born has a very specific significance in

the the life of the native. Being the child of both the lumineries, it is store

house of knowledge. Recently we found out how to find the Jyotirlingam based on

the tithi.

 

There is a way we can

find the mother form from the tithi too. For the Krsna Paksha, the Dasa

Mahavidya form is predominant and for the Sukla Paksha, the Durga form is

predominant. Just take the lord of the tithi worship the mother form, based on

the paksha.

 

So for Krsna Paksha Birth

the form of the mother is

1. Sun- Matangi

2. Moon- Bhubaneswari

3. Mars- Bagalamukhi

4. Merc- Tripurasundari

5. Jup- Tara

6. Ven- Kamalatmika

7. Sat- Kalika

8. Rahu- Chinnamasta

9. Ketu- Dhoomavati

 

 

For Sukla Paksha, the forms

are as you mentioned

 

1. Sun-Shailyaputri (daughter of the Mountains)

2. Moon- Mahagauri

3. Mars- Skandamata

4. Mercury- Katyayani

5. Jupiter- Brahmacharini

6. Venus- Kushmandi

7. Saturn- Kalaratri

8. Rahu- Chandraganta (bell of the Moon)

9. Ketu- Siddhidatri (giver of siddhis)

 

I am born in Sukla Navami

and hence I shall worship Shailyaputri.

 

Best Wishes

Sarajit

 

 

 

 

 

Freedom

[freedom]

Saturday, December 27, 2003 1:14 AM

 

RE: [sJC: Achyuta

Gurukul] Re: Achyuta Gurukul] #3 Palana Devata

 

Hare

Rama Krsna

 

They

are Kali rupas from the point of view of Bhu shakti, Sri shakti, and Nila

(kali) Shaktis. Look at Sanjay’s foundations of Vedic astrology.

All 33

crore devattas can be divided into 33, which can be divided into the 3

functions of Brahma, Shiva, and Visnu.

 

You can

research the nav durga on the net but the only place I know of then is from the

“Devi Mahatmya”, the text itself and the kavach before it. I have about 6

translations of the text so it is available in the US. There are mantras for all of the Devis in the “Mantra

Mahaarnava”, if you get a translated copy of that let me knowJ

 

Kali Mahavidya

is the rupa which removes the negativity of Shani. All the Mahavidyas are Kali

Shakti Rupas removing the negativity of different planets and houses, Kali Devi

is one of the Mahavidyas as well, and there are a multitude of forms for that

form of Kali Devi, like Chandi and Chamunda to name the popular ones. Be

prepared for different traditions to tell you different views. The Hindu

pantheon is a multidimensional matrix, it is not a linear family tree.

 

Namah

Sivaya

Freedom

 

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Karen Skoler

[nykaren]

Thursday,

December 18, 2003 8:30 PM

 

Re: [sJC: Achyuta

Gurukul] Re: Achyuta Gurukul] #3 Palana Devata

 

 

Dear

Freedom,

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks

for giving the Nava Durga forms, I never read about them

before. Can I ask where you learned about them or how I can read

more. I also never knew that the das Mahavidya were all kali rupa, did I

understand that correctly? I naturally just thought that that just Saturn

was Kali.

 

 

 

 

 

For

those interested, I'm listing the forms of Lakshmi as given in

Narayan's paper that he presented at the 2003 conference in Edison.

Hopefully the paper and recording of the conference wil lbe coming out soon.

 

 

 

 

 

Maha

Lakshmi and her 8 rupa forms

 

 

 

 

 

Sun:

Dhanya Lakshmi

 

 

Moon:

Dhana Lakshmi

 

 

Mars:Dhaara

Lakshmi

 

 

Mercury:Vidya

Lakshmi

 

 

Venus:

Maha Lakshmi

 

 

Jupiter:

Santaana Lakshmi

 

 

Saturn:Adi

Lakshmi

 

 

Rahu:

Vijaya Lakshmi

 

 

Kutu:Gaja

Lakshmi

 

 

 

 

 

I'd like

to also like to post the list of Devi associated wit the Vishnu avatars that

Sanjay-ji mentioned in the 2002 conference, but I'll have to review them first.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks

again Freedom

 

 

 

 

 

Best

Regards,

 

 

Karen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hare Rama Krsna

 

You also have the Navadurgas:

Sun-Shaylaputra (daughter of the Mountains)

Moon- Mahagauri

Mars- Skandamata

Mercury- Katyayani

Jupiter- Brahmacharini

Venus-

Kushmandi

Saturn-

Kalaratri

Rahu- Chandraganta (bell of the Moon)

Ketu- Siddhidatri (giver of siddhis)

 

 

 

And there is a

list of the different Rupas of Laksmi, I know Narayan Iyer talked about them in

one of his lectures at the 2003 East Coast conferences. We should get him to

upload them.

 

The

Mahavidyas (Kali Rupas) should only be used if you know what you are doing with

them, otherwise it is better to use a Laxsmi or Durga Rupa. As The Kali rupas

can destroy significations, they are generally used to remove negative effects

of planets not normally for the

supportive Palana devata.

 

The

Palana devata is the deity that will provide for your material needs in this

life. Like a mother She will see to it that you have food, home,

resources etc.

 

 

 

 

[Om

Kleem Krishnaaya Jagannathaaya namah]

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