Questions tagged [shakti]
Shakti is the feminine form of the Divine worshipped as Parvati, Lakshmi, Saraswati and many other forms.
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Where can I find a reference to Raksha Kali?
Where can I find a reference to Raksha Kali?
Todala Tantra speaks about 8 types of Kali but does not mention Raksha Kali (literally, the Kali who protects).
However, in some places of Bengal, in the ...
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Inconsistent gendered terms in the Durgā Gāyatrī
Namaścaṇḍikāyai ।
As I listen and read the Durgā Sūktam, the last verse (i.e., the Durgā Gāyatrī) always raises a question within my mind.
The verse is as follows:
ओ-ङ्का॒त्या॒य॒नाय॑ वि॒द्महे॑ ...
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In which Tantra can I find the reference to Krantas (Tantric Geographic divisions)?
In which Tantra can I find the reference to Krantas (Tantric Geographic divisions)?
According to the Tantras, the Indian subcontinent is divided into three distinct geographic regions, each with its ...
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Where can I find the reference to the Goddess Jagaddhatri?
In some pockets of Bengal (for example, in the former French colony of Chandernagor), people celebrate Jagaddhatri Puja with great pomp.
Jagaddhatri is one epithet of Goddess Durga. However, ...
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Where can I find the reference to Nabapatrika Snana performed during Durga Puja?
Where can I find the reference to Nabapatrika Snana performed during Durga Puja?
Nabapatrika is the collection of nine plants that represent Navadurga.
At the beginning of the Durga puja, after bodhon ...
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Explain this system of matter and consciousness?
Devi dev as consort
Inner self soul and nergy
Please explain
Is - in tantra ; this is symbolic way of depiction.
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Is there any scriptural reference to Dakshina Kali (Shyama Kali) and Vama Kali (Smashan Kali)?
Is there any scriptural reference to Dakshina Kali (Shyama Kali) and Vama Kali (Smashan Kali)?
I know their differences. Dakshina Kali holds the scimitar in her left hand and places her right leg on ...
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Is this an authentic Kali Mantra?
This is the mantra:
ॐ ह्रीं क्लीं कालिकायै नमः
Also, does it mean this?
Om: The universal sound that represents the supreme reality.
Hrim: The "seed" mantra of Mahalakshmi, often ...
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Does Goddess Kali love wine?
During Kalipuja, following the Vamachara Tantrism, we offer meat and wine to the great Goddess. In our family, a more than 400 hundred years old Kalipuja takes place. At midnight, the tantrik offers ...
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What is the source of this Ślōka?
"Sadā samuccaret dhīmān, śiva ity akṣara-dvayam |
Saṃsāra-sāgaraṃ tīrtvā, śiva-sāyujyamāpnuyāt ||"
I heard this sung by SP Balasubramanyam once, followed by him talking about the ...
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Why is Tripura Sundari 16 years old?
I was given many answers like how there are 16 kalas, 16 swaras, 16 petals to the Sri Yantra, etc, and I get that 16 is the number of perfection, and in ancient India they did not have the same ...
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How to do Nitya Puja according to the scriptures?
If this question is a duplicate, please do mark it as such, but sincerely, do address my query before closing the question.
I've been a Hindu all my life, and have been doing the family's daily pūja ...
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What is the role of Samhāra Rudra, i.e., his Paurānik Līlās?
In Śaiva and Śākta theology, it is understood that the Śiva worshipped as Paramēśvara is distinct from the Rudra of the Trīmūrti, who pertains to Samhāra among the Pañcakṛtyās.
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Where can I find the reference to the Goddess Shitala, the deity who protects from pandemics?
Where can I find the reference to the Goddess Shitala, the deity who protects from pandemics?
The Goddess rides on a donkey, holding a broom in her hand. I don't know what the significance is. There ...
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Where can I find the reference to the Snake-Goddess Manasa?
Where can I find the reference to the Snake-Goddess Manasa?
In rural Bengal, Goddess Manasa is very popular.
According to Bengali Mangal Kabyas (a specific genre of Bengali literature composed in the ...
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