Daily Archives: October 21, 2006

The AmnAya-krama for the dual worship of shArikA and tripurA

R and I finally got to moving ahead with the initial part of laying out the formulae related to the dual worship of shArikA and tripurA that was prevalent with the Himalayan tantrics. The shArikA-tripurA krama of aghora-shiva is related … Continue reading

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shakra virachita laghu kumAra stotraM

laghu kumAra stotrasya shatakratuH R^iShiH | anuShTup ChandaH | skando devata ||OM hrAM ~NaMdeva-devaM namasyAmi kumAraM varamachyutaM |kArttikeyaM durArAdhyaM vahni-tejaH samudbhavaM || 1 ||umA sha~NkarajaM bhImaM ga~NgAyA jaThare dhR^itaM |shakti-hastaM viShAlAkShaM ShaNmukhaM dIpta-tejasaM || 2 ||bhaktAnukaMpinaM dAtaM brahmaNyaM varadaM prabhuM … Continue reading

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Some more observations on the saura mata

We had earlier compiled incomplete accounts of both the saura mata and its offshoots like the worship of revanta. We initially wanted to work on the final part of the incomplete revanta essay dealing with the specific point of the … Continue reading

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