taptahaaTakakeshaanta jwalatpaavakalochana | vajraadhikanakhasparsha divyasimha namostute || Krityas are mantric weapons which are used to destroy a powerful enemy or defend oneself from an attack.

namastripurasundaryai namo svacChandAnandanAthAya bIjaM kUTaM kramo dhAtustattvaM pa~nchamapa~nchakam | pa~nchaviMshatisaMkhyAkA nyAsa ete prakIrtitAH || vAradIkShAkramashchaiva dIkShAkramastathaiva cha | nyAsashchaivaM dvidhA choktau nityaM chaiva kriyeta chet

shrImAtre namaH Here is a verse from the phalasruti of Sri Lalita Sahasranama: yastu nAmasahasreNa shukravAre samarchayet | chakrarAje mahAdevIM tasya puNyaphalaM srNu || sarvAn

[Query] What is Khaḍgamālā and what is its significance? Khaḍgamālā is not merely a stōtra or a hymn but is a Mālāmantra which invokes Mahātripurasundarī

namastripurabhairavyai There is a traditional way to have thec darshana of bhagavatI shrIvidyA parameshvarI at kAnchI. Although I was told not to reveal this procedure,

Sri Kanakadurga Devi shines brilliantly on Indrakiladri, in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on the banks of river Krishnaveni. Devi is often referred to as kShipraprasAdini

[Query] Why is worship of Sri Kameswara not popular like ambaal and involving independent aavaranam? namaH paradevatAyai paradevatA is described as shivashaktyaikyarUpiNI and hence worship

Sri Muttuswami Dikshitar was a scholar par excellence, a great musician and composer, a divine Jnani, a humble Bhakta, a knower of Mantra Shastra and

[Query] Please enlighten about differences between kadi, hadi and sadi vidyas? In essence, there is no difference between kAdi, hAdi or sAdi as all three

VekaTAdhvari, in his lakShmIsahasram, sees the kaTAkSha of shrI mahAlakShmI as the driving force behind all the accomplishments of the dashAvatAra-nAthas. He describes the sAmIpya

The concept and structure of AmnAyas varies differently in the case of kAdi and hAdi mata-s. In the ShaDAmnAya scheme of hAdimata, UrdhvAmnAya forms the

The Bhavanopanishad says: `shrI guruH sarvakAraNabhUtA shaktiH’ – The auspicious master is the all-causative power. The Guru, (the word derived from root `gri’, is one