Heramba Ganapati

Hēramba Gaṇapati

    अभयवरदहस्तः पाशदन्ताक्षमाला- सृणिपरशुदधानो मुद्गरं मोदकं च । फलमधिगतसिंहः पञ्चमातङ्गवक्त्रो गणपतिरतिगौरः पातु हेरम्बनामा ॥ The esoteric form of Srī Heramba Mahāgaṇapati is worshiped three-fold

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Ugranarasimha

Nr̥simha Kṣētras

    Srīvaiṣṇavas have their own list of kṣētras documented as divya dēśas which are held in high regard by the followers of Rāmānujācarya. A

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Pashupata

Pāśupata Vrata

    While the Pāśupata vrata described in some Agamas and Tantras are described as unfit for dvijas by authorities such as Shātātapa, Hēmādri, etc.

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Garuda Bhagavan

Garuḍa Upāsanā

    vyādhūta-kēsara-saṭā-vikarāḷavaktram
hastāgravisphurita-śaṅkhagadāsi-cakram | āviṣkr̥taṁ sapadi yēna nr̥siṁharūpam
 nārāyaṇaṁ tamapi viśvasr̥jaṁ namāmi || The mantras of Garuḍa, the vāhana of Srīmannārāyaṇa, are well known in

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Shanmukha

Tāṇḍava Shaṇmukha

    Shaṇmukha Mahātāṇḍava Krama, popular among the śivācāryas at Tiruchendur, is guarded fiercely by practitioners. Through its correct use, most of the ābhicārika prayōgas

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OM

Bhaiṣajya Kalpa

  namaḥ śrīpurabhairavyai || After listening to a lecture from a dear friend, a dean at Stanford on “Medical Accidents”, the relevance of some simple

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Sri Subrahmanya

Subrahmaṇya Hōma

  The basic homa of Subrahmaṇya, practiced by śrīvidyā upāsakas is based on VasiSṭha samhitā[1] and involves the worship of Subrahmaṇya in two forms: saguṇa

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Saubhagyalakshmi

Saubhāgyalakṣmī

    श्रीलक्ष्मीर्वरदा विष्णुपत्नी वसुप्रदा हिरण्यरूपा स्वर्णमालिनी रजतस्रजा स्वर्णप्रभा स्वर्णप्राकारा पद्मवासिनी पद्महस्ता पद्मप्रिया मुक्तालङ्कारा चन्द्रा सूर्या बिल्वप्रिया ईश्वरी भुक्तिर्मुक्तिर्विभूतिरृद्धिः समृद्धिः कृष्टिः पुष्टिः धनदा धनेश्वरी श्रद्धा

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Jina Padmavati

Padmāvatī āyudha stōtra

    The twenty-third Tīrthaṅkara of the Jainas is the well-known Pārśvanātha and the consort of his Yakṣa Dharaṇēndra is known as Padmāvatī. Jaina mantra-śāstra

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Paramashiva Bhattaraka

Prabhō Shambhō

    उररीकृतकाञ्चिपुरीमुपनिषदरविन्दकुहरमधुधाराम् | उन्नम्रस्तनकलशीमुत्स्वलहरीमुपास्महे शम्भोः || The verse ‘Prabho Shambho’ was composed by Acārya Amṛtavāgbhava, the great philosopher of Kashmir Shaivism and an ardent

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