Daily Archives: October 1, 2006

11 dances of the gods.

The silapadhikAraM (6.44), the great champu written in the dramiDa language, mentions 11 dances that, as far as I know, have no mention in the literature in deva-bhAShA. We do not know if these were once prevalent over jambu-dvIpa and … Continue reading

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The meditation and emanation of the pa~nchAkSharI vidyA

We described earlier how one installs the yantra of mahAdeva pertaining to the pa~nchAkSharI vidyA and performs worship of it. Now we shall describe that meditation of and the mantra emanation from it.-As one starts the meditation of the pa~nchAkSharI … Continue reading

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