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Varahi Tantra (English Study)

by Roberta Pamio | 2014 | 29,726 words

Hinduism Shaktism
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This English essay studies the Varahi Tantra and introduces the reader to the literature and philosophy of the Shakta Tradition to which this text belongs. These Shakta Tantras are doctrines where the Mother Goddess is conceived as the Supreme deity who is immanent and transcendental at the same time. The Varahitantra (lit. the "Doctrine of th...

Summary of the Vārāhī Tantra

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Chapter 1 - The origin of the Vārāhī Tantra
Chapter 2 - A hymn to the Śrīkrama
Chapter 3 - The proper behaviour of a Disciple
Chapter 4 - Preliminaries to the Puraścaraṇa (continuous repetition of the Mantra)
Chapter 5 - Details of Puraścaraṇa and Japa
Chapter 6 - Purṇābhiṣeka (full consecration)
Chapter 7 - The method of acquiring powers (Vetālasiddhi)
Chapter 8 - Āpadūddharaṇa Kavaca (a hymn dedicated to Kālī)
Chapter 9 - Flowers dear to Śiva and Kālī
Chapter 10 - The worship of Tripurasundarī
Chapter 11 - The Creation and the Re-Absorption of the Five Elements
Chapter 12 - The Dhyānas (supports for the meditation) of the Goddess
Chapter 13 - Mantras and Yantras (mystical diagrams)
Chapter 14 - The worship of Caṇḍī
Chapter 15 - The worship of Siddhilakṣmī
Chapter 16 - Paścimāmnaya (Western Tradition)
Chapter 17 - The Āmnāyas (traditions), Continued
Chapter 18 - The Āmnāyas (traditions), Continued
Chapter 19 - The Āmnāyas (traditions), Continued
Chapter 20 - Various explanations of the Krama system
Chapter 21 - Conclusion of the exposition on the Paścimāmnāya
Chapter 22 - The the Six Āmnāyas
Chapter 23 - Prayoga (the application of the Sādhanā of a deity)
Chapter 24 - Kālīkrama (according to the seventh chapter of the Parātantra)
Chapter 25 - The seventeen-syllabled Mantra
Chapter 26 - Haṭhayoga (according to the Haṭhayogapradīpikā)
Chapter 27 - The exposition on Mudrās and Bandhas
Chapter 28 - Durgāpūjā (the worship of Durgā)
Chapter 29 - The worship of Caṇḍikā
Chapter 30 - Conclusion of the exposition on Durgāpūjā
Chapter 31 - The worship of Śaktis
Chapter 32 - Homa (fire sacrifice) and Saṃskāra (consecration rituals)
Chapter 33 - Kālajñāna (knowledge of the time)
Chapter 34 - Earthquakes and Dreams
Chapter 35 - The Yoginī-nyāsa and the Ṣoḍha-nyāsa of Sundarīvārāhīkālī
Chapter 36 - The Pūjā (worship) of the Goddess Vārāhī
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