Chintamani Mahavidya of Sriharsha

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Dear saktha bandhus,

 

This is a short article on Sriharsha, the poet of who worshipped Saraswathi in

the form of Chintamani vidya. Sriharsha, who needs no introduction to the

literary world of Sanskrit, belonged to 12th century. He is not to be confused

with King Harshavardhana. He was the son of Hira and Maamalla Devi. He was

patronized by the kings Vijayachandra and Jayachandra of Kannauj. Composed many

works in the field of Sanskrit literature. One of his famous compositions is

Nalopaakhyanam (story of Nala and Damayanti of Mahabharata). He had written

other works called “Khandana-Khanda Khaadya”, Vijaya Prasasti and Gowdorvisa

Prasasthi. There is a general opinion about Harsha and his works that they are

hard nuts to crack. Sriharsha himself says that the Khandana-Khanda Khaadya

could not be understood without the proper guidance from expert guru who is a

upasaka.

 

There is a popular legend around sri harsha. Harsha’s father, Hira, himself a

great scholar was the asthana vidwan of a certain kin. Another scholar of great

repute enters into debate with Hira and defeats him. Unable to digest the

defeat, Hira commits suicide. Then mother of Sriharsha, Maamalla Devi initiates

the young Sriharsha into the Chintamani Mahavidya and asks him to do the japa on

the dead body of his father. The young Harsha follows the instruction of his

mother and attains the Mantra Siddhi within very short time. Then Harsha

defeats the same scholar who defeated his father. With the mantra siddhi of

Chintamani Vidya, he composes Khandana Khanda Khaadya which is one of the terse

works. Even the king Nala of Mahabharata had the mantra siddhi of this vidya

and could know the “Ashwa Hridaya Vidya”.

 

In recent times, there is also a wonderful personality who is a mantra siddha

in Chintamani Mahavidya. Having attained Mantra Siddhi, he composed the entire

Ramayana in Telugu. His name is Brahmasri Tadepalli Raghavananarayana Sastry,

whom I mention in my mails. This mantra is of three bijas with Bhuvaneswari

Bija in between. There is also a kalpa called Chintamani Mahavidya Kalpa that

details the nyasas, dhyana sloka and anushtana vidhi. This Mahavidya give Vaak

Shuddhi, confers power of composing poetry, sharp memory and razor sharp

intellect. With the power of this mantra, the upasaka can defeat any scholar in

the debate and master any form of art within no time. It gives the yogic siddhi

called “Ritambara Pragnya”.

 

With regards,

Sriram

 

 

 

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