Navadurga and Dasa Mahavidya

Jaya Jagannath Dear Freedom,

When I read you mail on the Nava durga, I recollected something which Gurudev told me long back. He was saying that the tithi in which one is born has a very specific significance in the the life of the native. Being the child of both the lumineries, it is store house of knowledge. Recently we found out how to find the Jyotirlingam based on the tithi.

There is a way we can find the mother form from the tithi too. For the Krsna Paksha, the Dasa Mahavidya form is predominant and for the Sukla Paksha, the Durga form is predominant. Just take the lord of the tithi worship the mother form, based on the paksha.

So for Krsna Paksha Birth the form of the mother is
Sun- Matangi
Moon- Bhubaneswari
Mars- Bagalamukhi
Merc- Tripurasundari
Jup- Tara
Ven- Kamalatmika
Sat- Kalika
Rahu- Chinnamasta
Ketu- Dhoomavati


For Sukla Paksha, the forms are as you mentioned

Sun-Shailyaputri (daughter of the Mountains)
Moon- Mahagauri
Mars- Skandamata
Mercury- Katyayani
Jupiter- Brahmacharini
Venus- Kushmandi
Saturn- Kalaratri
Rahu- Chandraganta (bell of the Moon)
Ketu- Siddhidatri (giver of siddhis)

I am born in Sukla Navami and hence I shall worship Shailyaputri.

Best Wishes
Sarajit


-----Original Message-----
From: Freedom [mailto:freedom@...]
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 1:14 AM
To: srijagannath@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [SJC: Achyuta Gurukul] Re: Achyuta Gurukul] #3 Palana Devata

Hare Rama Krsna

They are Kali rupas from the point of view of Bhu shakti, Sri shakti, and Nila (kali) Shaktis. Look at Sanjay’s foundations of Vedic astrology.
All 33 crore devattas can be divided into 33, which can be divided into the 3 functions of Brahma, Shiva, and Visnu.

You can research the nav durga on the net but the only place I know of then is from the “Devi Mahatmya”, the text itself and the kavach before it. I have about 6 translations of the text so it is available in the US. There are mantras for all of the Devis in the “Mantra Mahaarnava”, if you get a translated copy of that let me knowJ

Kali Mahavidya is the rupa which removes the negativity of Shani. All the Mahavidyas are Kali Shakti Rupas removing the negativity of different planets and houses, Kali Devi is one of the Mahavidyas as well, and there are a multitude of forms for that form of Kali Devi, like Chandi and Chamunda to name the popular ones. Be prepared for different traditions to tell you different views. The Hindu pantheon is a multidimensional matrix, it is not a linear family tree.

Namah Sivaya
Freedom

-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Skoler [mailto:nykaren@...]
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:30 PM
To: srijagannath@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [SJC: Achyuta Gurukul] Re: Achyuta Gurukul] #3 Palana Devata

Dear Freedom,

Thanks for giving the Nava Durga forms, I never read about them before. Can I ask where you learned about them or how I can read more. I also never knew that the das Mahavidya were all kali rupa, did I understand that correctly? I naturally just thought that that just Saturn was Kali.

For those interested, I'm listing the forms of Lakshmi as given in Narayan's paper that he presented at the 2003 conference in Edison. Hopefully the paper and recording of the conference wil lbe coming out soon.

Maha Lakshmi and her 8 rupa forms

Sun: Dhanya Lakshmi
Moon: Dhana Lakshmi
Mars:Dhaara Lakshmi
Mercury:Vidya Lakshmi
Venus: Maha Lakshmi
Jupiter: Santaana Lakshmi
Saturn:Adi Lakshmi
Rahu: Vijaya Lakshmi
Kutu:Gaja Lakshmi

I'd like to also like to post the list of Devi associated wit the Vishnu avatars that Sanjay-ji mentioned in the 2002 conference, but I'll have to review them first.

Thanks again Freedom

Best Regards,
Karen


Hare Rama Krsna

You also have the Navadurgas:Sun-Shaylaputra (daughter of the Mountains)Moon- MahagauriMars- SkandamataMercury- KatyayaniJupiter- Brahmacharini
Venus- Kushmandi
Saturn- KalaratriRahu- Chandraganta (bell of the Moon)Ketu- Siddhidatri (giver of siddhis)

And there is a list of the different Rupas of Laksmi, I know Narayan Iyer talked about them in one of his lectures at the 2003 East Coast conferences. We should get him to upload them.

The Mahavidyas (Kali Rupas) should only be used if you know what you are doing with them, otherwise it is better to use a Laxsmi or Durga Rupa. As The Kali rupas can destroy significations, they are generally used to remove negative effects of planets not normally for the supportive Palana devata.

The Palana devata is the deity that will provide for your material needs in this life. Like a mother She will see to it that you have food, home, resources etc.