[Advaita-l] chanDI yAga at Madhwa institutions

[SIVAKUMAR RAMAKRISHNAN]

SAdara pranaAmam Sriramji,
I would like to know whether 'Vanadurga kalpa'
is available in print?
Other works I am searching  Dwisathy sthotra and
Devimahimna stotra of Maharshi DurvAsa.
Namaste.
*sivakumarr*
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On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Venkata sriram P
<venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>wrote:

> Namaste Subbuji,
>
> ////
>
> Is durgA a deity worshiped/worshipable by sattvika-s?
>
> //
>
> Yes.  The Vanadurga Kalpa details out 3 modes of worship.  The satvik,
> rajasik & tamasik.
>
> Depending upon the mode of worship, the corresponding dhyAna slokAs and
> bija samputikarana is done.
>
> In satvika dhyana, the Durga is meditated as having 8 hands and the bhAvana
> of worship
> is for chitta shuddhi.
>
> In rajasika dhyana, the Durga is meditated as having 16 hands and the
> bhAvana of
> worship is for iShTa kAmya siddhi.
>
> In tamasika dhyana, the Durga is meditated as having 32 hands and the
> bhAvana of
> worship is for shatru saMhAra and mAraNa prayOga.
>
> So, the same deity Vana Durga is used for 3 different aspects and depending
> upon the
> "mood & taste of the upasaka", the upAsana guNa is decided.
>
> ///
>
> At the end of the details of vinAyaka worship, the above smRti says that
> vinAyaka would even bless one with mokSha by giving Atma jnAna.  Would
> Shankara denounce the worship of 'such'  a vinAyaka
>
> //
>
> One of the acharyas of Sringeri is Shri Sacchidananda Bharati (not sure)
> who had a
> vision of ganapati while entering a room on a wall above the threshold and
> the place
> where he had the vision is said to be tOraNa gaNapati now.
>
> Another acharya had just made a gaNapati vigraha with turmeric in
> malahanikareshwara
> temple and it bulged out which is known as sthambha ganapati.
>
> Abhinava Vidyatirtha used to take delight in worshipping his own personal
> gaNapati idol
> right from his childhood.
>
> Brahmasri Dravida Rajeshwara Sastrigal of Kasi used to chant gaNapati
> sahasranama
> daily and he had a small personal copy of the same which he used to carry
> always.
> He was a gaNapati bhakta.
>
> So, vinAyaka is something different, which is related to mAtrika varNa mAla
> & tat-adhiShTAtru devata.
>
> There are 51 letters "a" to "kSha".  Every letter has a corresponding devi,
> yOgini,
> rudra sakti, siva sakti, nakshatra, graha & vinAyaka. So, there are 51
> mAtrikAs (devi) as
> well as 51 vinAyakAs and the Srividya Upasaka who has undergone
> mahApUrNAbhiShEka
> perform 51 nyAsAs which is called mahAShODa nyAsa.
>
> regs,
> sriram
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