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    ॐ अस्य श्रीसुब्रह्मण्य कवचस्तोत्र महामन्त्रस्य बोधायनो भगवान् ऋषिः अनुष्टुप् छन्दः श्रीसुब्रह्मण्यो देवता सां बीजं मं शक्तिः यं कीलकं सर्वाभीष्टसिद्ध्यर्थे आत्मसंरक्षणार्थे सर्वव्याधिनिवारणार्थे समस्तपापक्षयार्थे जपे

    ॐ उन्मत्ताय नमः ॐ भैरवाय नमः ॐ भीमरूपाय नमः ॐ योगिनीपतये नमः ॐ मातृकानाथाय नमः ॐ निर्लज्जाय नमः ॐ परमानन्दाय नमः ॐ अष्टभैरवाय

    The use of Saṁpuṭīkaraṇa is employed to accelerate Mantra Siddhi. (a) Some Tantras insist on the use of Saṁpuṭīkaraṇa when even three rounds

  Kṛṣṇānanda āgamavāgīśa describes a prayoga, supposedly from Rudrayāmala, called the Pañcāmarī Yoga, which involves the use of five herbs referred to as five ‘amara

  In our lineage, Srīcakrārcana involves āvaraṇa pūjā for various other tutelary deities. 1. After the completion of the first half of Srīkrama, one begins

    In Tantra, the various Mantras from the five, six or ten āmnāyas are considered to originate from the different faces of Paramashiva. In

    The Kaumārikā khaṇḍa of Skānda Purāṇa lists the names of various śivaliṅgas worshiped by celestials, seers, etc., and the names with which they

    [Excerpts from a 4-part talk by Sri Harshaji at Berkeley. I have captured the details to the best of my ability, I seek

    The śaivāgamas prescribe Liṅgōddhāra Dīkṣā to practitioners who are considered fallen (patita) on account of being initiated into inferior Tantras. This dīkṣā is

    प्रोक्ता पञ्चदशी विद्या महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी । श्रीमहाषोडशी प्रोक्ता महामाहेश्वरी तथा ॥ प्रोक्ता श्रीदक्षिणाकाली महाराज्ञीति संज्ञया । लोके ख्याता महाराज्ञी नाम्ना दक्षिणकालिका ॥ आगमेषु महाशक्तिः

  There are certain peculiarities when it comes to the worship of Shrīcakra for upāsakas of Hādividyā as propagated by Bhagavatī Lopāmudrā. In Hādividyā, the

    – śrīkr̥ṣṇa – Eight Wives: Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā, Jāmbavatī, Mitravindā, Kālindī, Bhadrā, Lakṣmaṇā, Satyā. – After the slaying of asuras such as Narakāsura, Murāsura

    मूलश्रीभैरवात्मत्रिविधपदमहादेवताभिः परीते दिव्ये सिंहासनेन्द्रे स्थितमखिलकलाबोधकं देशिकेशम्‌ । तस्याङ्के सन्निषण्णामरुणरुचिचया रञ्जिताशावकाशां देवीमानन्दपूर्णाममृतकरतलामाश्रयेऽभीष्टसिद्ध्यै ॥ Pañcadurgā (Dēvībhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa) 1 Rādhā 2 Lakṣmī 3 Sarasvatī 4 Sāvitrī

  Parāmbā is worshipped through various mantras. Of these, Pañcadaśī, śuddha ṣōḍaśī, Saubhāgya brahmavidyā or Saubhāgya pañcadaśī (ṣōḍaśī) and Mahāṣōḍaśī are the most important mantras