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Kali, circa 1915. Illustration by Ravi Varma Press (Mumbai). This striking chromolithograph presents the fierce Hindu goddess in her most fearsome form. Depicted with wild, flowing hair and a garland of severed heads, Kali stands triumphantly on the prostrate body of Shiva, her blood-soaked sword raised high. Her dark figure is adorned with severed arms and dripping with vivid red blood, symbolizing destruction, transformation, and the power of divine feminine rage. In the background, chaos and battle rage as spirits swirl in the ominous clouds above, amplifying the painting’s intense and dramatic atmosphere. . . 🌐 - ( visit www.DarkGloomyArt.com for high quality prints, originals & more! ) #Kali #HinduGoddess #DivineFeminine #RaviVarmaPress #IndianArt #MythologicalArt #KaliMa #DestructionAndCreation #Chromolithograph #VintageIndianPrint #TantricArt #Shakti #GoddessOfTime #FierceDivine #SpiritualSymbolism #SacredFeminine #MythologyArt #KaliWorship #DarkGoddess #IndianMythology
instagram.comKādi Vidyā, referring to the mantra beginning with ka, is attributed to Hayagrīva and Agastya (of the Lalitopākhyāna), and is the most widely practiced form of the mantra. The LSN is therefore a kādividyā text. The Tantrarāja Tantra, Bhāskararāya’s Varivasyā Rahasya, Bhāvanā Upanishad and the Paraśurāma Kalpa Sūtra are other examples of Kādividyā t
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Practices in Śrīvidyā differ according to sampradāya, and along with Lalitā Devī, the tradition includes the worship of other deities, particularly the elephant-headed Gaṇapatī, Bālā Tripurasundarī (the form of Devī as a young girl), Mātaṅgī, and Vārāhī.
Kavitha Chinnaiyan • Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma
Devī is known in numerous forms—sthūla, where she is the radiant goddess with four arms,14 sūkṣma, which is the Śrīvidyā mantra, parā, which is the Śrīcakra, and two other esoteric ones—Kuṇḍalinī and Kāmakalā, both of which are revealed by the guru and in progressive initiations.
Kavitha Chinnaiyan • Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma
Devī’s Śaktis Created from her own essence. Sampatkarī from her goad. Aśvārūḍhā from her noose. Vārāhī (a.k.a. Daṇḍanāthā Devī) from her arrows; she is the commander-in-chief who rides the chariot known as Kiricakra. Mātaṅgī from her bow; she is the prime minister and rides the chariot known as Geyacakra. All the śaktis of the Śrīcakra.
Kavitha Chinnaiyan • Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma
Devī resides in the bindu (central point) of the Śrīcakra, seated on an unusual throne. Its four legs are Brahma, Viṣṇu, Rudra, and Íśāna and the seat is Sadāśiva (see N58). Brahma is the creator, Viṣṇu the sustainer, and Rudra, who is a form of Śiva, is the destroyer. Íśāna and Sadāśiva are two other forms of Śiva. Íśāna is the concealer and Sadāś
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