Articles — mahavidya

This is Mahakali Dhyanam mantra taken from Devī Mahatmya . The Devi Mahatmya or Devi Mahatmyam is a Hindu philosophical text describing the Goddess, known as Mahadevi or Adishakti, as the supreme power and creator of the universe. It is part of the Markandeya Purana, and was composed in Sanskrit around 400-500 CE, with authorship attributed to the sage (Rishi) Markandeya. It consists of Chapters 74 to 86 (13 chapters) of the Markandeya Purana. ॐ खड्गं चक्रगदेषुचापपरिघाञ्छूलं भुशुण्डीं शिरः शङ्खं सन्दधतीं करैस्त्रिनयनां सर्वाङ्गभूषावृताम् । नीलाश्मद्युतिमास्यपाददशकां सेवे महाकालिकां यामस्तौत्स्वपिते हरौ कमलजो हन्तुं मधुं कौटभम् ॥ Om khaḍgaṃ cakragadeṣucāpaparighāñchūlaṃ bhuśuṇḍīṃ śiraḥ śaṅkhaṃ sandadhatīṃ karaistrinayanāṃ sarvāṅgabhūṣāvṛtām ।...

The Das Mahavidya Kavach is the most powerful Kavach for wish fulfillment, spiritual upliftment and knowledge. In Tantra, worship of Devi-Shakti is referred to as a Vidya. The Divine Mother is worshipped as ten cosmic personalities, the Das Mahavidya. Here das means ten and "mahavidya", comes from the root of sanskrit words Maha and vidya in which maha means great and vidya means education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge, enlightening or astonishing disclosure, nirvana. Successful sadhana of these Vidyas gives several boons to the practitioner. The Tantrik-Yogi who has control over his senses and positively inclined uses the boons to guide...