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1-We have been talking about #Mantras and their place in the #Vedic #Tradition.

Today, let’s dwell on the #Shakti Mantras – quite perhaps the most #esoteric and #Powerful entities in their own right. (1/19)

#गुप्तज्योतिष
2-A word of caution here.

Shakti Mantras are like an Atomic Bomb

They are extremely powerful

..and should be practiced with due consideration, initiation and guidance by your #Guru and under your full #Intuition. (2/19)

@ijyotish @shashankupadhy_

#astrologicalnuggets
3-Fundamentally, Shakti Mantras are extremely powerful, mono or single syllabled mantras.

In the higher Yogic practices they have a special usage. (3/19)

#thumbrulesofastrology
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If we are to look for the origins of the #Yoginis, it appears that we must turn to the simple village cult & to the #GramaDevatas/ #GramaDevatis, the local village #gods & #goddesses. In villages of #India they are the favoured #deities
- Vidya Dehejia

#Bhubaneswar #Odisha 64 (Chausathi) Jogini Temple, Hirapur, Odisha
List of 64 #Yoginis at #Chausathi #Jogini #Temple (#Hirapur), near #Bhubaneswar #Odisha
1) Maya - standing on a corpse lying straight
2) Tara - mounted on a corpse in bent knee pose
3) Narmada - standing on an elephant
4) Yamuna - standing on a tortoise
#Tantra #Tantric #Yogini 1. Maya/ Bahurupa/ Chandika2. Tara3. Narmada4. Yamuna
5) Shanti - standing on a full blown lotus
6) Varuni - standing on waves
7) Ajita - standing on an alligator
8) Indrani - mounted on an elephant
#Chausathi #Yogini #Jogini #Hirapur #Bhubaneswar #Odisha #Tantra #Tantric
@punarutthana @LostTemple7 @ReclaimTemples @SaveTemplesBH 5. Shanti/ Kanti/ Laxmi/ Manada6. Vriddhi/ Kriya/ Varuni7. Ajita/ Gauri/ Ksemankari8. Aindri/ Indrani
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Devi in the Form of Bhadrakali Adored by the Gods, folio from a dispersed Tantric Devi series
ca. 1660-70
Punjab Hills, Basholi
The Met @metmuseum Image
"The Devi, in the Form of Bhadrakali, Standing on the Corpse of a Giant Brahmin," Illustrated folio from a dispersed "Tantric Devi" series
ca. 1660-70
Basholi, Punjab Hills
Opaque watercolor, gold, silver and beetle­wing cases on paper
The Met @metmuseum Image
Goddess Bhadrakali - Basohli Painting Circa 1660-70 #kali #tantric Image
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