रक्तां रक्तसुमाल्यलेपवसनां भूषादिभिर्भूषितां शुद्धां स्मेरचतुर्मुखीं शुभतरग्रीवां द्विनेत्राञ्चलाम् | देवीं दण्डकमण्डलुं स्रुवस्रुचाक्षस्रक्कराम्भोरुहां ब्राह्मीं भक्तजनेष्टदाननिरतां वन्दे सुहंसाननाम् || raktāṃ raktasumālyalepavasanāṃ bhūṣādibhirbhūṣitāṃ śuddhāṃ smeracaturmukhīṃ śubhataragrīvāṃ dvinetrāñcalām

  Every other day, we get a query whether an uninitiated person can keep a śrīcakra at home. In reality, not even all so-called “initiated”

  – Excerpts from An Evaluation of the Vedāntic Critique of Buddhism by Gregory Joseph Darling There is some evidence that the Gauḍapāda-kārikās, on which there is a

  चत्वारि शिवचक्राणि शक्तिचक्राणि पञ्च च | भूपुरं गुणरेखा च नागयुग्मदलाणि च || ततो नागदलं देवि शिवचक्राणि पार्वति | मन्वस्रं दिग्युगास्रं च त्वष्टास्रं च त्रिकोणकम्

  – Sri Swami Lakshman Joo मन्त्रवेधं तु नादाख्यं बिन्दुवेधमतः परम् | शाक्तं भुजङ्गवेधं तु परं षष्ठमुदाहृतम् || Vedha dīkṣā (penetrating initiation) is said to

  – Boris Marjanovic The procedure of śāktopāya of which Mantra is the main means is to purify thought-constructs and then by creating a series

    The procedure for the Krama Dīkṣā of Mahāvidyā Bagalāmukhī involves the sequential initiation into following mantras: 1. ṣaṭtriṃśadakṣarī Mūlavidyā 2. Haridrā Gaṇapati 3.

    Padmāvatī is one of the most popular Jain goddesses propitiated with great efficacy by Jaina mantravādins. She is contemplated upon as bearing in

  There seemed to be several queries from our readers which assumed śaiva darśana to be either Advaita (like in Kashmir Shaivism) or Dvaita (like

  Pañcaratneśvarī Vidhi is followed by upāsakas of both śrī and Kālī kulas. Before the Japa of the Mūlamantra, a group of five vidyās called

    Of the myriad forms of Bhagavatī Mahākālī, twelve/thirteen forms are discussed by various sampradāyas of Trika Tantra. Abhinavagupta discusses the system of Twelve

    [ षोडशावरण शिवचक्रे महाप्रासादशम्भुं समभ्यर्च्य परममङ्गलरूपमीशं स्तूयात् ] नन्दिकेश्वर उवाच इन्दुखण्डललितामलमौळे कुन्दकान्तिसदृशोत्तमदेह | इन्दिरारमणलोचनपूज्य मन्मनोगहनपङ्कजवास || [स्थूलपञ्चाक्षरमुच्चार्य लिङ्गमुद्रायुतो प्रणमेत्] सुकेश उवाच पञ्चकोशगगनातिग शम्भो

  – Sri Kamalakara Mishra A question that is frequently asked: if the paśu or jīva is one with śiva, is it possible to talk

    Like in the case of Kārtavīryārjuna, there are some verses associated with Lord Datātreya that are considered to be potent in the removal