The Das Mahavidyas Kamakthya Devi Mantras
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The Das Mahavidyas (or Dasamahavidyas, etc… there are many spellings!) are the ten beautiful and ferocious Great Wisdom Goddesses of the Hindu Shakta tradition. They are powerful as individual Goddesses, and as a group they may be considered emanations of Kali, among whose many identities is Sri Sri Kamakhya Devi . At the Sri Sri Kamakhya Temple complex on Nilachal Hill in Assam, Northeast India, we find many temples, and chief amongst them are the shrines to Kamakhya herself, and to the Mahavidyas. Worship of these Mahavidyas at Kamakhya is unique and unlike other Tantric traditions, and here at the Sri Kamakhya Mahavidya Mandir, we use this same approach. While much of their worship is unknown to those outside the tradition, there are a number of ways to approach these powerful Devis as a simple devotee – particularly through song and mantra. Each Devi has at least one (sometimes two) pranama mantra – that is, a mantra that is used for offering reverence and respect. If you have a small shrine to any or all of the Das Mahavidya in your home, use these mantras to invoke the particularly potent energies of these Devis as they are manifested at our beloved Sri Sri Kamakhya Temple. NOTE: The Das Mahavidyas are listed here in their name and order of emanation according to the Kamakhya tradition. This may be similar or very different to lists you have seen elsewhere, and most or even all of these mantras may be new to you in some way. Worship at Kamakhya is ancient and unique, and so these differences are to be expected. Every parampara (guru lineage) has its own recognized versions mantras and stotras that have been passed down through the ages. Consider this set of mantras a divine gift from Kamakhya Devi to add to your understanding and love of MAA! We have given the popular spelling first, and then followed it with correct diacritical spelling. 1. Kali (Kālī, She Who is Beyond Time) namo dīrghesvarīṁ devīṁ sarvakāma phalapradām | dīrghākara kuṇḍayuktāṁ siddhiṁ yaccha suresvarī || and/or kālī kālī mahā kāli kālīke pāpa naśinī | khaḍga haste muṇda haste kālī kālī namostute || 2. Tara (Tārā, She Who Helps One Across, or The Star) pratyālīṛhpade ghore muṇḍamālāpaśovite | kharve lambodarī bhīme ugratārā namostute || and/or pratyālīṛhpade ghore muṇḍamālāpaśovite | kharve lambodarī bhīme astatārā namostute ||
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The Das Mahavidyas (or Dasamahavidyas, etc… there are many spellings!) are the ten beautiful and ferocious Great Wisdom Goddesses of the Hindu Shakta tradition. They are powerful as individual Goddesses, and as a group they may be considered emanations of Kali, among whose many identities is Sri Sri Kamakhya Devi.
At the Sri Sri Kamakhya Temple complex on Nilachal Hill in Assam, Northeast India, we find many temples, and chief amongst them are the shrines to Kamakhya herself, and to the Mahavidyas.
Worship of these Mahavidyas at Kamakhya is unique and unlike other Tantric traditions, and here at the Sri Kamakhya Mahavidya Mandir, we use this same approach.
While much of their worship is unknown to those outside the tradition, there are a number of ways to approach these powerful Devis as a simple devotee – particularly through song and mantra. Each Devi has at least one (sometimes two) pranama mantra – that is, a mantra that is used for offering reverence and respect. If you have a small shrine to any or all of the Das Mahavidya in your home, use these mantras to invoke the particularly potent energies of these Devis as they are manifested at our beloved Sri Sri Kamakhya Temple.NOTE: The Das Mahavidyas are listed here in their name and order of emanation according to the Kamakhya tradition. This may be similar or very different to lists you have seen elsewhere, and most or even all of these mantras may be new to you in some way. Worship at Kamakhya is ancient and unique, and so these differences are to be expected. Every parampara (guru lineage) has its own recognized versions mantras and stotras that have been passed down through the ages.
Consider this set of mantras a divine gift from Kamakhya Devi to add to your understanding and love of MAA!
We have given the popular spelling first, and then followed it with correct diacritical spelling.
1. Kali (Kālī, She Who is Beyond Time)namo dīrghesvarīṁ devīṁ sarvakāma phalapradām |dīrghākara kuṇḍayuktāṁ siddhiṁ yaccha suresvarī ||and/orkālī kālī mahā kāli kālīke pāpa naśinī |khaḍga haste muṇda haste kālī kālī namostute ||2. Tara (Tārā, She Who Helps One Across, or The Star)pratyālīṛhpade ghore muṇḍamālāpaśovite |kharve lambodarī bhīme ugratārā namostute ||and/orpratyālīṛhpade ghore muṇḍamālāpaśovite |kharve lambodarī bhīme astatārā namostute ||3. Shodashi / Maha Tripurasundari / Kamakhya (ṣoḍaṣī, She Who is Sixteen / Maha Tripurāsundarī, The Beautiful One Who Rules the Three Worlds / Kāmākhyā, She Who Grants All Desires)kāmākhyāṁ kāmasampanāṁ kāmeśvarīṁ harapriyāṁ |kāmanāṁ dehi me nityaṁ kāmeśvarī namostute ||and/orkāmākhye varade devī nīla parvata vāsinī |tvaṁ devī jagataṁ mātā yonimudre namostute ||4. Bhuvaneshwari (Bhuvaneśvarī, Beloved Goddess Whose Body is the Earth)
bhuvaneśīṁ mahāmayāṁ sūryamaṇḍalārūpinīm |namāmi varadāṁ śuddhāṁ kāmākhyārūpinīṁ śivam||5. Bhairavi (Bhairavī, The Terrible One)mahāpadmavanāntasthe paramānandavigrahe |śabdabrahmamaye svacche vande tripurabhairavīm||6. Chinnamasta (Chīnnamastā, She Who Severs Her Own Head)guptadurge mahābhāge guptapapāpranāśinī |saptajanmārjitāt pāpāt trāhi māṁ śaranāgatam||and/ornamaste guptakāmākhye tubhyaṁ trailokyapūjite |prayaccha vividhāṁ siddhiṁ nityaṁ devī śivapriye||7. Dhumavati (Dhūmāvatī, She Who Emanates Smoke)devīṁ kotesvarīṁ śuddhāṁpāpāghnīṁ kāmarūpinīm |namāmi muktikāmāya dehi muktiṁ harapriye ||8. Bagalamukhi / Bagala (Bagalāmukhī, She Who Has a Face With the Power to Control and Captivate)prapadye śaraṇaṁ devīṁ śrīkāmākhyāṁ sureśvarīm |śivasya dayitāṁ suddhāṁ kāmākhyāṁ kāmarūpiṇīm ||9. Matangi / Sarasvati (Mātaṅgī, The Elephant, the Outcaste Goddess / Sarasvatī, She Who Continuously Flows)sarasvatyaya namo nityaṁ bhadrakālyaya namo namaḥ |vedavedāntavedāṅga vidyāsthānebhya eva ca ||10. Kamala / Lakshmi, Laxmi (Kamalā, The Lotus Goddess / Lakṣmī, The Goddess Who Achieves All Objectives)sadācāra priye devī śuklapuṣpāmvarapriye |gomayādīśuciprīte mahālakṣmī namostute||These mantras have never before appeared in a list for use by devotees all over the world. Many thanks to Sri Jadu Nath Sarma for his work in compiling these mantras for publication.
http://kamakhyamandir.org/vidya/deity/das-mahavidya-mantras/
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