Sri Vidya

Sri Vidya, is the ritual activity and meditative practices associated with the Sri Yantra, which provides a diagram of a complete cosmology centred around the manifestations of the goddess Tripura Sundari in her union with the Lord Siva. As such, it belongs to the third degree of the Uttarakaulas and becomes part of their practices after that stage of initiation.

The origins of Sri Vidya are, in truth, lost in the mists of antiquity. Both Tantrikas and Vedantins claim these origins, and put the Yantra to different uses – the former in ritual practices and the latter for meditative visualizations – with some overlap into the other usage. The former is one form of Left Hand Tantra, or even ‘High Tantra’.

What seems most likely is that Sri Vidya developed out of the shamanistic practices of Kashmiri Shaivism and other Himalayan regions. It was transplanted to the Tamils of South India, where it’s practice was ‘Left Hand’ and like the Northern traditions was later absorbed into Aryan Vedic, and even Mogul (Mongal) practices, as Right Hand forms of meditation, after their invasions.

The Tibetan Bon shamanistic scripture known as the “Doctrine of the Six Lights”, which gave us the deities which attend the directions of the magick circle, or mandala before they acquired a Buddhist veneer: Vairochana, Ratnasambhava, Amoghasiddhi, Amitabha, Aksobhya and their Shaktis; Ganesh: and the Earth Mother, finds a dialect in the faces of Sadashiva in Kashmiri Shaivism. Four faces look out from lingam to the four directions, while one looks above. The sixth mouth is the yoni of the Devi in which the lingam stands. This gives rise to the six main Kaula clans of Kashmir, of which Uttara is that of the north face. The Bon Doctrine became “The Tantra of the Secret Union of Sun and Moon”, which in turn became “The Bardo Thodol” or “Tibetan Book of the Dead”

Sri Devi Khadga Mala Stotram

Sri Devi Khadga Mala Stotram

Om Asya Sri Sudda Sakti mala maha Mantrasya

Upasthendriya adhistayi Varunaditya Rishih Daivi Gayatri Chandah

Satvika Kakara bhattaraka pitha sthita

Sri mat Kamesveranka nilaya

Sri mat Kamesvari devata

Aim bijam, Klim saktih, Souh kilakam

Sri Devi prityarthe Khadga Siddthyarthe jape viniyogah

Dhyanam

Tadrisam Khadgam apnoti

Yena hasta sthitena vai

Astadasa Mahadvipa

Samrad bhokta bhavisyati

Hrimkrasana Garbhitanala Sikham

Souh Klim kalam bibhratim

Sauvarnambara dharinim varasudha

Dhautam trinetrojvalam

Vande pustaka pasam ankusadharam

Sragbhusitam ujvalam

Tvam Gourim Tripuram Paratparakalam

Sri Cakra Sancarinim

Om Aim Hrim Srim Aim Klim Souh

Om Namah Tripura Sundari

Hridayadevi, Sirodevi, Sikhadevi, Kavaca Devi, Netra Devi, Astra Devi

Nitya Devis

Kamesvari, Bhagamalini, Nityaklinne, Bherunde, Vahnivasini, Mahavajresvari, Sivaduti, Tvarite, Kulasundari,

Nitya, Nilapatake, Vijaye, Sarvamangale, Jvalamalini, Citre, Mahanitye, Paramesvara Paramesvari

18 Gurus

Mitresamayi, Sasthisamayi, Uddisamayi, Caryanathamayi, Lopamudramayi, Agastyamayi, Kalatapanamayi,

Dharmacaryamayi, Muktakesisvaramayi, Dipakalanathamayi, Visnudevamayi, Prabhakara devamayi,

Tejodevamayi, Manojadevamayi, Kalyanadevamayi, Vasudevamayi, Ratnadevamayi, Sri Ramanandamayi

1^st Enclosure

Anima Siddhe, Laghima Siddhe, Garima Siddhe, Mahima Siddhe, Isitva Siddhe, Vasitva Siddhe, Prakamya

Siddhe, Bhukti Siddhe, Iccha Siddhe, Prapti Siddhe, Sarvakama Siddhe, Brahmi, Mahesvari, Koumari,

Vaisnavi, Varahi, Mahendri, Camunde, Mahalaksmi, Sarva Samksobhini, Sarva Vidravini, Sarva karsini, Sarva

Vasamkari, Sarvonmadini, Sarva Mahankuse, Sarva Khecari, Sarva Bije, Sarva Yone, Sarva Trikhande

Trilokya mohana cakra swamini Prakata yogini

2^nd Enclosure

Kamakarsini, Buddhyakarsini, Ahamkarakarsini, Sabdhakarsini, Sparsakarsini, Rupakarsini, Rasakarsini,

Gandhakarsini, Cittakarsini, Dharyakarsini, Smrityikarsini, Namakarsini, Bijakarsini, Atmakarsini

Amrtakarsini, Sarirakarsini, Sarvasa paripuraka cakra svamini Gupta yogini

3^rd Enclosure

Ananga Kusume, Ananga Mekhale, Ananga Madane, Ananga Madananture, Ananga Redhe, Ananga Vegini

Ananga Kusume, Ananga Malini, Sarva sanksoghana sadhaka cakra swamini Gupta tara yogini

4^th Enclosure

Sarva Samksobhini, Sarva Vidravini, Sarva Karsini, Sarva Hladini, Sarva Sammohini, Sarva Stambini

Sarva Jrumbhini, Sarva Vasamkari, Sarva Ranjani, Sarvonmadini, Sarvarthasadhini, Sarva Sampattipurani

Sarva Mantra Mayi, Sarva Dvandva Ksayamkari, Sarva Soubhagya Dayaka Cakra Swamini

Sampradaya yogini

5^th Enclosure

Sarva Siddhiprade, Sarva Sampatprade, Sarva Priyamkari, Sarva Mangalakarini, Sarva Kamaprade

Sarva Duhkha Vimocani, Sarva Mrityu Prasamani, Sarva Vigna Nivarani, Sarvanga Sundari, Sarva

Soubhagya Dayini Sarvartha Sadhaka Cakra Swamini Kulottirna yogini

6^th Enclosure

Sarva Jne, Sarva Sakte, Sarvaisvarya pradayini, Sarva Jnanamayi, Sarva Vyadhivinasini, Sarvadharasvarupe

Sarva Papa Hare, Sarva Ananda Mayi, Sarva Raksa Svarupini, Sarvepsita Phala Prade, Sarva Raksakara

Cakra Svamini, Nigarbha yogini

7^th Enclosure

Vasini, Kamesvari, Modini, Vimale, Arune, Jayini, Sarvesvari, Kaulini, Sarvarogahara Cakra Swamini

Rahasya yogini

Banini, Capini, Pasini, Ankusini

8^th Enclosure

Maha Kamesvari, Maha Vajresvari, Maha Bhagamalini, Sarva Siddhiprada Cakra Swamini

Ati Rahasya yogini

9^th Enclosure

Sri Sri Maha Bhattarike, Sarvananda Maya Cakra Swamini Parapara Rahasya Yogini

Goddesses controlling the nine wheels / enclosure

Tripure Waking , Dreaming and Sleeping states

Tripuresi The controller of these three states

Tripurasundari The beautiful one among all these three states

Tripura Vasini The one who lives in all these three states

Tripura Srih The riches of all these three states

Tripuramalini The sequences of all these states experienced by all people

Tripura Siddhe The achievements possible in all these three states

Tripurambe The experience of the cosmos in Her three states unifying all the experiences of all life

Maha Mahesvari The great cosmic controller

Maha Maha Rajni The great cosmic empress

Maha Maha Sakte The great cosmic power

Maha Maha Gupte The great cosmic secret

Maha Maha Jnapte The great cosmic memory

Maha Mahannande The great cosmic bliss

Maha Maha Skandhe The great cosmic support

Maha Mahasaye The great cosmic expression

Maha Maha Sri Cakra Nagara Samrajni The great transcendental conscious empress of the wheel of Sri Cakra

Namaste Nameste Nameste Namah

Sri Chakra - Ultimate in the Power of Imagination.

This Article forms the First of the Series I intend to publish on web.

There is a plethora of articles and journals on the web & tonnes of pages of literature relating to this Tantric image.

But from a personal and academic vantage point , it is persumed that quite a few have a vague understanding of the Chakra Rahasya.

First, Please Concentrate on the Chakra image for 10 minutes per day for three consecutive days....

The article shall continue...