Shakta Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to the Shaktism theology of a Goddess (Devi) as the Supreme Being. There are 8 Shakta...
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Mahadevi (section Shakta Puranas)
McDaniel Shakta Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to the Shaktism theology. There are eight Shakta Upanishads in the Muktika...
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Lakshmi (section Upanishads)
Upanishad." In The Shakta Upanishads with the Commentary of Sri Upanishad Brahma Yogin, Adyar Library Series 10. Madras. Saubhagya Lakshmi Upanishad (Original...
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The Shakta pithas, Shakti pithas or Sati pithas (Sanskrit: शाक्त पीठ, Śakta Pīṭha, seats of Shakti) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations...
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the Shaiva Upanishads which highlight aspects of Shaivism, the Vaishnava Upanishads which highlight Vaishnavism, and the Shakta Upanishads which highlight...
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Sanskrit, the text is classified as one of the Shakta Upanishads and attached to the Atharvaveda. The Upanishad identifies the human body as Srichakra yantra...
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Shaiva, 8 as Shakta, and 20 as Yoga. The 108 Upanishads as recorded in the Muktikā are shown in the table below. The mukhya Upanishads are the most important...
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contested by scholars. The philosophical premises in this text as in many Shakta Upanishads, states June McDaniel, is syncretism of Samkhya and Advaita Vedanta...
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Purana are the most significant texts on Durga. The Devi Upanishad and other Shakta Upanishads, mostly dated to have been composed in or after the 9th...
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practice, the Yoga Upanishads related to Yoga, the Vaishnava Upanishads which highlight aspects of Vishnu, and the Shakta Upanishads which highlight Shaktism...
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the Atharvaveda, and is classified as one of the eight Shakta Upanishads. It is, as an Upanishad, a part of the corpus of Vedanta literature collection...
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(Daughter of king of the mountains) and Girija (Daughter of the mountains) Shaktas consider the Parvati as an incarnation of Lalita Tripurasundari. Two of...
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the Divine Mother, Mother of the Universe, Principal energy (Adi Shakti). Shakta and Tantric sects additionally worship Kali as the ultimate reality or Brahman...
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the Ram Raksha Stotram. In Sita Upanishad, a shakta Upanishad, Sita is extolled as the supreme goddess. The Upanishad identifies Sita with Prakrti (nature)...
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Upanishads which are of a generic nature, the Yoga Upanishads related to Yoga, the Shaiva Upanishads which highlight aspects of Shaivism, the Shakta Upanishads...
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Chhinnamasta. Hindu literature first mentions Chhinnamasta in the upapurana Shakta Maha-bhagavata Purana (c. 950 CE) and the Devi-Bhagavata Purana (9th–12th...
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list in the Mundamala equates Dhumavati with Vamana. In a story from the Shakta Maha-Bhagavata Purana, which narrates the creation of all the Mahavidyas...
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jñāna, saṃhitā, siddhānta, vidyā). There are also tantric Upanishads, which are late Upanishads as well as tantric Puranas (and Puranas influenced by tantric...
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which highlight aspects of Shaivism, and the Shakta Upanishads, which highlight Shaktism. These Upanishads propound Vishnu, Narayana, Rama, or one of his...
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are known as the Devi Gita, and soon became central texts of Shaktism. Shaktas believe, "the one Truth is sensed in ten different facets; the Divine Mother...
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and its doctrines remain similar to this tradition. In the principally Shakta theology of Śrī Vidyā the goddess is supreme, transcending the cosmos that...
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Hinduism. It is classified as one of the eight Shakta Upanishads and attached to the Atharvaveda. The Upanishad is a notable goddess and tantra-related text...
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Hinduism. It is classified as one of the eight Shakta Upanishads and attached to the Rigveda. The Upanishad is notable for asserting that the Self (soul...
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Vaishnava Upanishads which are related to Vaishnavism, and the Shakta Upanishads which are related to Shaktism. The Samanya Vedanta Upanishads are variously...
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Retrieved 20 August 2024. Shakti and Shâkta by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe), [1918], Chapter Six Shakti and Shakta. "4) The face in the North is blue...
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Matrikas Lakshmi Saraswati Scriptures and texts Vedas Tantras Yogini Shakta Upanishads Devi Sita Tripura Devi Bhagavatam Devi Mahatmyam Lalita Sahasranama...
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Kamakhya Temple (category Shakta pithas)
called Nilachal. It is also one among the oldest 4 of the 51 pithas in the Shakta tradition. An obscure place of worship for much of history it became an...
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Devi Māhātmyam has been called the Testament of Shakta philosophy. It is the base and root of Shakta doctrine. It appears as the centre of the great Shakti...
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Matrikas Lakshmi Saraswati Scriptures and texts Vedas Tantras Yogini Shakta Upanishads Devi Sita Tripura Devi Bhagavatam Devi Mahatmyam Lalita Sahasranama...
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