[Advaita-l] What is Gupta Navaratri?

[Sivakumar,Kollam]

Sdara praNAm,

Please provide details about the availability of
the works ThripuraArnava Tantra and
the  *khadyOta* (a commentary on gaNapati sahasranAma)

Namaste.

sivakumarr

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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Venkata sriram P
<venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> /////
>
> I cannot say Mantra properly.
>
> ///
>
> The basic reason is that japa should be done with "surabhila vadana"
> ie., the upAsaka should not have "mukha-durgandha" at the time of japa.
> It is a dosha to perform japa with bad breath which incurs the yOgini
> shApa.
>
> The pramANa is from tripurArNava tantra as:
>
> japAdau mukha-durgandhO dEvatA shApamApnuyAt
> atO durgandhanAshAya tAmbUlAdiva niSyatE
>
> (vide ref: tripurArNava tantra - 5th ullAsa - 6th sloka)
>
> Another reason being, mantra siddhi is easily achieved if performed
> with ucchiSTa mukha.  For eg., ucchiSTa mAtangi, ucchiSTa gaNapati etc.
>
> For ucchiSTa mAtangi, the tAmbula should be kept in the mouth and japa
> should
> be done.  With the repetition of the mantra, the tAmbula rasa has the
> power to
> propitiate the dEvata.  As regards the ucchiSTa gaNapati, Sri Bhaskararaya
> Makhin
> explained in his work *khadyOta* (a commentary on gaNapati sahasranAma)
> that
> this form of gaNapati is worshipped and simultaneously eating mOdakAs
> (which is
> ucchiSTa).
>
> So, these are the tAntric forms of worship and shiSTAchAris are not
> supposed to
> do these.
>
> For us, the meaning should be taken as *ut-shiSTa* ie., the residue or the
> adhiSTAna tattva.
>
> regs,
> sriram
>
>
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