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sadhaka
September 22, 2025 12:09 AM
Shaktisangama is one of the northern face tantras, as far as I remember. For example, in the Kularnava tradition, the upper face tantras, Mahakala has a different mantra, a 21-syllable one. And in Trika, a completely different bhairava is the main one, Svacchanda.
sadhaka
September 22, 2025 12:09 AM
In fact, if you carefully read the Sharada Tilaka, the Mantra Mahodadhi and other mantra manuals, you'll find a huge number of rules and conditions for japa. However, it's important to understand that this was intended for Brahmins, temple pujaris, and others, who could only do this, all day long. Today, Brahmins make up only 5% of India's population. Most ordinary people don't even use yantras, and that's perfectly normal, what kind of requirements could there be in our degenerate era...
sadhaka
September 21, 2025 11:09 PM
Her Puranic mantra is presented here; apparently, this mantra comes from the Sri Brahmanda Purana, one of the recensions of this Purana. In the Yamala Tantras, this mantra is the same, but there are more bijas. As for the deity herself, it is Lakshmi in the form of Guhyakali. Accordingly, she can do everything that Guhyakali can.
sadhaka
September 21, 2025 10:09 PM
The Mahakala Samhita deserves special mention. This text is not from the Indian Kalikula, but from Nepal. It was found in a Nepalese library. To be clear, Kalikula in Nepal is intertwined with Buddhism. Many of the mantras in this samhita do not correspond to the mantras of the same deities in Indian tantras. For example, compare the mantras of Guhyakali, Shmashanakali, and Bhadrakali in the Mahakala Samhita with their mantras in Indian tantras; they have nothing in common. The mantras in the Mahakala Samhita are very long. Moreover, one of the forms of Kali in the Mahakala Samhita, Dhanakali, does not exist in the Indian tantras under this name and form. There is an Indian equivalent, Shriyonikali, but she is still a different deity. This article contains a mixture of mantras from the Mahakala Samhita and Indian tantras. Some people think that all the mantras here are taken exclusively from the Mahakala Samhita, but this is not true. Moreover, the Nepalese Kapalika sect that compiled this Samhita has long since ceased to exist; they were completely different from the Kaula that exists in Nepal today. They were similar to the Aghori of Varanasi; they practiced exclusively on shmashanas, as is evident from the in-text descriptions. In short, all of this requires extensive and careful further research.
sadhaka
September 21, 2025 09:09 PM
I'm afraid you've got something mixed up. I never claimed that Dakshinkali is Surya. As for the rest of your questions, you can easily find answers through search engines, wikipedia, and other sources.
sadhaka
September 21, 2025 09:09 PM
The method for determining the appropriate deity directly from a nakshatra is found in Yajur Veda Taittiriya Samhita IV.4.10.13, Yajur Veda Kathaka Samhita XXXIX.13, Yajur Veda Maitrayani Samhita II.13.20, and others. A complete list of 27 deity-nakshatra correspondences is available in the Tamil segment of the internet. In fact, it is widely used in Tamil temples during homas, abhishekas, and other rituals. The list is based on references to the association of certain nakshatras with certain deities in the Itihasas, Puranas, and Agamas. Anuradha is associated with Lakshmi-Narayana. P. R. Ramachander Iyer posted a translation of it on his English-language blog.
sid
September 21, 2025 08:09 PM
Does this mean ma dakshina kali and mahakali are the adya shakti which were worshiped by the rishis in the satya yuga? What are the shakti upanishads? Also what is the adya shakti which the rishis worshipped in the form of the gayatri, is that ma dakshina kali since she represents the sun? Also are you saying that ma kamakala kali and guhya kali of the mahakala samhita were not worshiped by any rishis??
sid
September 21, 2025 07:09 PM
Incredible. What are the shruti texts referred to here and which texts fall under that classification? Also if one is anusham nakshatra which devis would correspond to this ? And where can one see the correspondence table for all nakshatras as you began to enumerate for ashvini, bharani etc?
sid
September 21, 2025 07:09 PM
What are the 4 traditional upanishads of shaktism? And if you are saying that in the satya yuga only dakshinakali (Sun) and Mahakali (saturn?) were worshipped, does that mean these two goddesses are the Adya Shakti which the rishis did penance on to attain prakriti siddhi? What about kamakala kali and guhya kali, were those deities not worshipped by the rishis? They find their origin in the mahakala samhita I believe Also, who is the goddess of the gayatri mantra (the true one) which all rishis worshipped with their surya sadhana?
sadhaka
September 21, 2025 06:09 PM
According to tradition, the Shruti contains what the rishis and people followed during the Satyayuga. Other texts contain what was discovered and followed in other yugas. The four traditional Upanishads of Shaktism are listed here. To these can be added one of the Brahmana-texts, also a Shruti, which mentions Mahakali/Bhadrakali. In total, the cult of only two or three forms of Kali existed during the Satyayuga: Dakshinakali and Bhadrakali/Mahakali.
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